Comparative Bureaucratic Systems

by Tummala, Krishna K.; Aksoy, Sinasi; Derlien, Hans-Urlich; Drewry, Gavin; Halligan, John; Hashmi, Shafik H.; Hilliard, Victor G.; Jones, Garth N.; Jreisat, Jamil E.; Koehn, Peter; Morgan, Maria Chan; Nakamura, Akira; Ozernoy, Maryanne; Paik, Wanki; Polatog

• ISBN13: 9780739109670
• ISBN10: 0739109677
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-20
• Publisher: Lexington Books

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 government 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.

Table of Contents

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