Public administration : a comparative perspective / Ferrel Heady.

By: Heady, Ferrel Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Public administration and public policy ; 89.Publication details: New York : Marcel Dekker, c2001. Edition: 6th edDescription: x, 467 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0824704800 (alk. paper); 9780824704803Subject(s): Public administrationDDC classification: 351 LOC classification: JF1351 | .H4 2001Online resources: Publisher description | WorldCat Details

Contents:

TOC Comparison in the Study of Public Administration -- Public Administration as a Field of Study -- Significance of Comparison -- Problems of Comparison -- Postwar Evolution of Comparative Studies -- The Heyday of the Comparative Administration Movement -- Retrenchment, Reappraisals, and Recommendations -- Prospects and Options -- A Focus for Comparison -- Bureaucracy as a Focus -- Concepts of Bureaucracy -- The Prevalence of Public Bureaucracy -- Organizational Setting -- The Ecology of Administration -- Models of Administrative Systems -- Concepts of System Transformation -- Modernization -- Development -- Change --

Summary: Summary: Assesses the bureaucracies and development of governments around the world - providing helpful and revealing analyses of the relationships between bureaucracies and political regimes. This book reflects changes in the political systems of the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and the developing world.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	EWU Library Reserve Section	Non-fiction	351 HEP 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		20597

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

TOC Comparison in the Study of Public Administration --
Public Administration as a Field of Study --
Significance of Comparison --
Problems of Comparison --
Postwar Evolution of Comparative Studies --
The Heyday of the Comparative Administration Movement --
Retrenchment, Reappraisals, and Recommendations --
Prospects and Options --
A Focus for Comparison --
Bureaucracy as a Focus --
Concepts of Bureaucracy --
The Prevalence of Public Bureaucracy --
Organizational Setting --
The Ecology of Administration --
Models of Administrative Systems --
Concepts of System Transformation --
Modernization --
Development --
Change --

Summary:

Assesses the bureaucracies and development of governments around the world - providing helpful and revealing analyses of the relationships between bureaucracies and political regimes. This book reflects changes in the political systems of the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and the developing world.

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