Title: Handbook of comparative and development public administration /
Authors: Farazmand, Ali.
Publisher: Marcel Dekker,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Public administration Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Public administration Cross-cultural studies.
Contents: Unit 1. Comparative and development administration. pt. 1. Comparative and development administration as fields of study : history, methods, concepts, problems, and issues -- pt. 2. Historical bases of public administration and bureaucracy -- pt. 3. Public administration in developed nations : the United States, Western Europe, Australia, and Japan -- pt. 4. Public administration in developed nations : Russia and Eastern and Southern Europe -- pt. 5. Public administration in developing nations : Asia and Africa -- pt. 6. Public administration in developing nations : the Near and Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean -- pt. 7. Public administration and development, dependency, and independence : theoretical and empirical aspects -- pt. 8. Comparative public administration and public policy : administrative reform, change, and development -- pt. 9. Some central issues/problems in comparative and development administration -- pt. 10. Ethics and accountability in public administration. Unit 2. Comparative public bureaucracies : administrative performance and political responsibility. pt. 1. Contemporary bureaucratic politics and administrative theory -- pt. 2. Bureaucratic power : administrative performance and regime maintenance -- pt. 3. Bureaucratic power : administrative performance and political responsibility in Europe -- pt. 4. Bureaucratic politics and public administration in developing nations : Asia and Africa -- pt. 5. Bureaucratic politics and public administration in developing nations : the Near and Middle East and Central and Latin America -- pt. 6. Bureaucracy, change, and revolution.