TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heady,Ferrel
TI  - Public administration: a comparative perspective 
SN  - 0824704800 (alk. paper)
AV  - JF1351 .H4 2001
U1  - 351 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Marcel Dekker
KW  - Public administration
N1  - 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 --; BA
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0647/2001028068-d.html
UR  - http://www.worldcat.org/title/public-administration-a-comparative-perspective/oclc/46353461&referer=brief_results
ER  -