Administrative Ethics and Development

by Garcia-Zamor, Jean-Claude

• ISBN13: 9780761821847
• ISBN10: 0761821848
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-17
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Administrative Ethics and Development establishes a clear and vital connection between administrative ethics, successful modern economies, and good democratic governments in both the industrialized and the developing countries.

Author Biography

Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor is presently a tenured Professor of Public Administration in the School of Policy and Management of the College of Health and Urban Affairs at Florida International University (FIU)

Table of Contents

List of Tables	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
Part I Ethics and Development in an International Comparative Framework	1	(50)
Micro-Bureaucracies and Development Administration	3	(14)
Micro-Bureaucracies	4	(2)
Political Micro-Bureaucracies	4	(1)
Administrative Micro-Bureaucracies	5	(1)
Tensions in Political Micro-Bureaucracies	6	(3)
Fear of Political Destruction	6	(1)
Political Competition	7	(1)
The Large Size of the Bureaucracy	8	(1)
The Presence of the Military	8	(1)
Tensions in Administrative Micro-Bureaucracies	9	(3)
Instability of the Political System	9	(1)
Disparity Between Bureaucratic Goals or Ideals and Existing Conditions	10	(1)
Lack of Bureaucratic Expertise	10	(1)
Strict Adherence to Traditional Values	11	(1)
Varying Degrees of Formal Education	12	(1)
The Role of the Micro-Bureaucracies in Development Administration	12	(1)
Recommendations for Research	13	(4)
The Struggle of Small and Island States' Bureaucracies to Develop Traditional Ethical Values	17	(18)
A Profile of the Small and Island States	19	(1)
The Bureaucracies of Small and Island States	19	(2)
The Struggle of the Bureaucracies to Develop Administrative Ethics	21	(4)
The Future of Administrative Ethics in the Small and Island States	25	(10)
Conflicts Between the Bureaucracy and its Clientele: A Comparative Approach to Administrative Ethics	35	(16)
Sources of Conflicts	35	(8)
In Industrialized Countries	35	(4)
In Developing Countries	39	(4)
The Administrative Ethics Prescription	43	(7)
A Summing-Up	50	(1)
Part II Ethics and Development in the Non-Western World	51	(20)
Risks and Conflicts in Centralized State Intervention in Development Organizations	53	(6)
The Application of Max Weber's Model in Non-Western Public Bureaucracies	59	(12)
Problems of Public Policy Formulation	60	(1)
Administrative Prerequisites to Effectiveness of International Assistance	61	(2)
Ambivalence Concerning Decentralization	63	(4)
Distortion of the Weberian Model	67	(4)
Part III Ethics and Development in Latin America	71	(32)
Latin American Ancient Civilizations and Their Administrative Legacies	73	(16)
Unorganized and Inefficient Bureaucracy	74	(3)
The Aztecs	74	(1)
The Mayas	75	(1)
The Incas	75	(2)
Inadequate and Unfair Tax Collection System	77	(2)
The Aztecs	77	(1)
The Mayas	78	(1)
The Incas	78	(1)
Nugatory Agricultural Practices	79	(3)
The Aztecs	79	(1)
The Mayas	80	(1)
The Incas	81	(1)
A Warped Judicial Order	82	(2)
The Aztecs	82	(1)
The Mayas	83	(1)
The Incas	83	(1)
A Poor Educational System	84	(2)
The Aztecs	84	(1)
The Mayas	85	(1)
The Incas	85	(1)
Administrative Legacies	86	(3)
A Model for Planning Ethical Training Abroad: The Case of Guatemala and Mexico	89	(14)
Consistent Law and Order	91	(1)
Financial Stability and Absence of Severe Inflation	92	(1)
Provision of a Minimal Public Service Statute	93	(1)
Peaceful Means for Resolving Conflicts	94	(1)
Orderly, Publicly Accepted Means of Transfer of Power	95	(1)
An Equitable Tax System	96	(1)
Agrarian Reform	96	(1)
Development of a High Degree of Consensus	97	(1)
Progressive Increase in the Flow of Domestic Capital	98	(1)
Honest and Effective Public Administration	99	(1)
Conclusions	100	(3)
Part IV Ethics and Development in Africa	103	(24)
Administrative Accountability in Africa	105	(8)
Administrative Accountability	107	(1)
Accountability in Africa	108	(3)
Conclusions	111	(2)
The Problems with Administrative Reform in a Ministate: The Case of Sao Tome and Principe	113	(14)
The Socio-Economics Setting	115	(3)
The Objectives of the Reform Project	118	(5)
Project Strategy	119	(4)
Obstacles to Reform in STP	123	(4)
Part V Ethics and Development in the United States	127	(32)
Impact of New Immigrants' Needs on South Florida Public Service	129	(18)
Immigrants in South Florida	130	(5)
The Cubans	131	(2)
The Haitians	133	(1)
The Nicaraguans	134	(1)
Their Impact on the Public Service	135	(5)
Welfare	135	(1)
Housing	136	(1)
Public Health	137	(1)
Education	138	(1)
Law Enforcement	139	(1)
Lessons Learned and Some Solutions	140	(4)
Neighborhood City Halls	141	(1)
Bureaucratic Empowerment	141	(2)
An Hispanic Round Table	143	(1)
Conclusions	144	(3)
Ethical Issues in the Use of the Internet	147	(12)
Cryptography	148	(3)
Advertising on the Internet	151	(4)
Ethical Issues and Difficulties Regulating the Internet	155	(4)
Bibliography	159	(14)
Subject Index	173	(14)
Author Index	187	(4)
About the Author	191