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9780739106273

Comparative Bureaucratic Systems

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739106273

  • ISBN10:

    0739106279

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-06-04
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
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Summary

The contributors to Comparative Bureaucratic Systems advance our understanding of public administration via broad-ranging research and incisive analysis. Covering the public sector in both more and less developed nations, this book sheds new light on the means by which the fourth branch of governmentO can be made both effective and suited to the local culture. This collection is a valuable resource for scholars of political science as well as for practictioners of public administration in the United States and abroad.

Author Biography

Krishna K. Tummala is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Graduate Program in Public Administration at Kansas State University

Table of Contents

1 Prologue 1(10)
Krishna K. Tummala
2 A Comparativist's Sojourn 11(24)
Fred W. Riggs
3 French Public Administration 35(20)
John A. Rohr
4 The United Kingdom System 55(26)
Gavin Drewry
5 The Politicized Administrative Environment of Public Administration in the United States 81(16)
David M. Van Slyke and Norma M. Riccucci
6 German Public Administration: Weberian Despite "Modernization" 97(26)
Hans-Ulrich Derlien
7 Australia's Administrative System 123(20)
John Halligan
8 Public Administration in Japan: The Need for Reform 143(22)
Akira Nakamura
9 Public Administration in Singapore: The Role of the Public Bureaucracy in a One-Party Dominant System 165(20)
Jon S. T. Quah
10 The Korean System of Bureaucracy 185(22)
Wanki Paik
11 Higher Civil Service in India 207(28)
Krishna K. Tummala
12 Pakistan's Upper Civil Service: Its Transforming Constituent Character 235(30)
Garth N. Jones and Shafik H. Hashmi
13 Public Administration in Bangladesh: Political and Bureaucratic Dimensions 265(24)
Habib Zafarullah
14 Transforming the Post-Apartheid South African Public Service 289(24)
Victor G. Hilliard
15 One Country, Two Systems: Political Reunification and Bureaucratic Transformation in Hong Kong 313(24)
Peter Koehn
16 Administrative Reforms in China 337(18)
Maria Chan Morgan
17 Public Administration in Israel 355(30)
Allon Yaroni and David H. Rosenbloom
18 A Comparative Perspective on Administrative Reform: The Arab World 385(24)
Jamil E. Jreisat
19 The Administrative System of Russia 409(26)
Maryanne Ozernoy
20 The Turkish Administrative System: Concepts and Issues 435(26)
Sinasi Aksoy and Aykut Polatoglu
Index 461(10)
About the Contributors 471

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