Building strong nations
Subtitle: improving governability and public management
By: by Eran Vigoda-Gadot.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780754675464
Subjects: Bureaucracy; Democracy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical approaches to nation building; title: Dilemma of governability under democratic and bureaucratic constraints; title: The power of bureaucracy : managerial quality and performance; title: The charm of democracy : building on democratic values and good citizenship; title: Empirical evidence : a longitudinal national study of bureaucracy and democracy in Israel; title: Strong nations and collaboration in public administration : a myth or necessity?; title: Strong nations and innovation in the public sector; title: Strong nations and global reforms in public administration : new, borderless public policy; title: Building strong nations by effective governability in a democratic cosmos : epilogue.