Research Catalog

Title

Transitions from authoritarianism : the role of the bureaucracy / edited by Randall Baker.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Baker, Randall.

Description

vi, 311 p.; 25cm.

Subjects

• Civil service reform > Europe, Eastern > Case studies
• Authoritarianism
• Bureaucracy
• Democratization
• Civil service reform > Latin America > Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: transition and reform in post-authoritarian states / Randall Baker -- Predestining ineffectuality: administrative theory of the early Soviet state / Stanley Managua -- Creating a new civil service on the ruins of the Soviet bureaucracy: when ideologies meet realities / Georg Sootla -- Restructuring the state in Latin America in an era of transition / Lawrence S. Graham -- Soviet administration in Estonia: continuity and shifts in attitudes in the course of reform / Harry Roots and Natalia Karotom -- Transition in the public service sector of the former German Democratic Republic after 1989/90: the German experience (the absorption model) / Rupert Eilsberger -- Reforming local government in Bulgaria: bringing democracy to the people / Ljudmil Georgieve -- Transition in Slovenia from a comparative perspective / Mik Strmecki -- The local response to democracy and the bureaucracy: the case of Slovakia / Juraj Nemec -- The role of public administration in the consolidation of democracy in Portugal / Rui Afonso Lucas and Joao Francisco de Magalhaes Ilharco -- Transition from authoritarianism: the case of Spain / Manuel Villoria Mendieta and Laura Huntoon -- Modernizing public organization from a client/citizen perspective: the experience of Brazil / Paulo Roberto Motta -- Redemocratization and the modernization of the state: The Alfonsín era in Argentina / Oscar Oszlak -- A re-examination of the political/administrative interface with particular reference to South Africa's recent democratic experience / Christopher Thornhill -- The European Union and public administration development in Central and Eastern Europe / Tony Verheijen -- From public administration reform to European integration: cooperation between the European Union and the transitional states of Eastern and Central Europe / Paul Collins -- Reforming post-Socialist federations: can it really work? / Zeljko Sevic / -- Comparative overview and conclusion / Randall Baker.

Call Number

JFE 02-4994

ISBN

0275964582 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001034582

OCLC

46976685

Title

Transitions from authoritarianism : the role of the bureaucracy / edited by Randall Baker.

Imprint

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Baker, Randall.

Research Call Number

JFE 02-4994