Research Catalog

Title

Comparative public administration and policy / Jamil E. Jreisat.

Author

Jreisat, Jamil E.

Publication

Boulder, Colo. : Westview, 2002.

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Details

Description

xiii, 192 pages; 23 cm

Series Statement

Essentials of public policy and administration series

Uniform Title

Essentials of public policy and administration series

Subject

• Public administration
• Comparative government
• Public administration > Cross-cultural studies
• 88.70 comparative study of public administration
• Vergelijkende bestuurskunde
• Administration publique > Etudes comparatives

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-179) and index.

Contents

Globalism and Comparative Public Administration -- Evolution of the Comparative Drive -- Accomplishments -- Evaluative Discourse -- National Public Bureaucracy: A Unit for Comparison -- Elements of the Classic Bureaucratic Model -- Attacks on the Bureaucracy -- Comparative Research and Methods -- The Unit of Analysis -- The Context (the Environment) -- What Method for Research? -- Comparative Public Policy -- Concepts and Definitions -- Public Policy and Administrative Discretion -- Comparative Politics and Comparative Administration -- Administration of Developing Countries -- Understanding Development -- The Implementation Challenge -- Attributes of Public Administration in Developing Countries -- Administration of Developed Systems -- Limiting Central Powers: Building Institutional Foundations -- Impact of Science and Rationalism -- The New Public Management -- Common Administrative Features.

ISBN

• 0813339928
• 9780813339924
• 0813398037
• 9780813398037

LCCN

2010283146

OCLC

• ocm49299039
• 49299039
• SCSB-1243025

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library