Tradition and public administration
By: edited by Martin Painter, B. Guy Peters.
Contributors: Painter, Martin, 1947-; Peters, B. Guy.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780230575660
Subjects: Public administration; Administrative agencies -- Reorganization -- Evaluation; Comparative government
Description: "Contemporary administrative reforms push administrative systems to homogenize. This book documents, however, the persistence of administrative traditions in a number of countries that tend to maintain existing administrative patterns and reduce the impact of pressures for reform"--