Comparative Public Administration
The Essential Readings
- 1st Edition, Volume 15 - July 24, 2006
- Latest edition
- Editors: Eric E. Otenyo, Nancy Lind
- Language: English
Volume 15 of Comparative Public Administration, titled Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, offers a four-part approach that includes comparative public… Read more
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Volume 15 of Comparative Public Administration, titled Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, offers a four-part approach that includes comparative public administration, administrative development and development administration, institutional management, and new public management and reforms. These elements discuss the fundamentals of public administration in detail while also investigating the changes that occur in administrative institutions. Special attention is given to international organizations.
This book is well suited for practitioners and academic researchers that deal with important methodological and theoretical issues in the policy sciences.
This book is well suited for practitioners and academic researchers that deal with important methodological and theoretical issues in the policy sciences.
*Discusses the fundamentals of public administration
*Investigates the changes occurring in administrative institutions
*Includes content about international organizations
*Investigates the changes occurring in administrative institutions
*Includes content about international organizations
Practitioners and academic researchers that deal with important methodological and theoretical issues in the policy sciences
Acknowledgements
Personal Acknowledgements
Introduction by Eric Otenyo and Nancy S. Lind
Preface by Jamil Jreisat
Foreward by Don Kettl
PART 1: Comparative Public Administration: Growth, Method and Ecology
1. Lee Sigelman, “In Search of Comparative Administration”
2. Fred W. Riggs, “The Prismatic Model: Conceptualizing Transitional Societies”
3. Ferrel Heady, “Comparison In The Study of Public Administration”
4. Dwight Waldo, “Comparative Public Administration: Prologue, Performance, Problems And Promise”
5. Monty Van Wart and Joseph Cayer, “Comparative Public Administration: The Search For Theories”
6. Joseph LaPalombara, “An Overview Of Bureaucracy And Political Development”
PART 2: Administrative Development And Development Administration
7. Satya Deva, “Western Conceptualization Of Administrative Development: A Critique And An Alternative”
8. Victor Thompson, “Administrative Objectives For Development Administration”
9. George F. Gant, “The Concept of Development Administration”
10. Brian Loveman, “The Comparative Administration Group, Development Administration And Antidevelopment”
11. Jean Claude Garcia-Zamor, “Neoteric Theories For Development Administration In The New World Order”
12. John Seitz, “The Failure Of U.S. Technical Assistance In Public Administration: The Iranian Case”
13. John Montgomery, “Administering To The Poor (Or, If We Can’t Help Rich Dictators, What Can We Do For The Poor?)”
14. Milton Esman, “Development Assistance In Public Administration: Requiem Or Renewal”
PART 3: Managing Institutions Through Planning and Decentralization
15. Theo Toonen, “Analysing Institutional Change And Administrative Transformation: A Comparative View”
16. David K. Leonard, “Analyzing The Organizational Requirements For Serving The Rural Poor”
17. Albert Waterston, “Development Planning: Lessons Of Experience”
18. Dennis Rondinelli, “Government Decentralization And Economic Development: The Evolution Of Concepts And Practices”
19. Diana Conyers, “Decentralization: The Latest Fashion In Development Administration?”
20. Dennis J. Gayle and Jonathan Goodrich, “Exploring The Implications Of Privatization And Deregulation”
21. Stanley Chang and Roberta Jones, “Approaches To Privatization: Established Models And A U.S. Innovation”
PART 4: New Public Management And Reforms”
22. Gerald Caiden, “The Administrative State In A Globalizing World: Some Trends And Challenges”
23. Andrew Gray and Bill Jenkins, “From Public Administration To Public Management: Reassessing A Revolution?”
24. Laurence Lynn Jr., “The New Public Management As An International Phenomenon:
A Skeptical View”
25. Donald Savoie, “What Is Wrong With The New Public Management?”
26. Christine Bellamy and John Taylor, “Introduction: Exploiting I.T. In Public Administration —Towards The Information Polity?”
27. Kim Viborg Andersen, “Reengineering Public Sector Organisations Using Information Technology”
28. Wm. B.H.J. van de Donk and Pieter W. Tops, “Informatization And Democracy: Orwell Or Athens? A Review of the Literature”
29. Bidya Bowornwathana, “Transforming Bureaucracies For The 21st Century: The New Democratic Governance Paradigm”
30. Naomi Caiden, "An Exploration into the Familiar and the New: Public Budgeting in Developing Countries”
31. Ali Farazmand, “The New World Order And Global Public Administration: A Critical Essay”
32. Fred W. Riggs, “Global Perspective On Comparative And International Administration”
33. Walter Kickert et. al., “Changing European States, Changing Public Administration”
34. Derick Brinkerhoff and Jennifer Brinkerhoff, “International Development Management In A Globalized World”
35. Eric M. Rice, “Public Administration in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe”
36. Larry Jones and Don Kettl, “Assessing Public Management Reform Strategy In An International Context”
37. Nicholas Henry, “Good Government: An Unstylish Idea That Warrants A Worldwide Welcome”
Conclusion: Fred W. Riggs
Appendix I: Global Organizations of Public Administration
Personal Acknowledgements
Introduction by Eric Otenyo and Nancy S. Lind
Preface by Jamil Jreisat
Foreward by Don Kettl
PART 1: Comparative Public Administration: Growth, Method and Ecology
1. Lee Sigelman, “In Search of Comparative Administration”
2. Fred W. Riggs, “The Prismatic Model: Conceptualizing Transitional Societies”
3. Ferrel Heady, “Comparison In The Study of Public Administration”
4. Dwight Waldo, “Comparative Public Administration: Prologue, Performance, Problems And Promise”
5. Monty Van Wart and Joseph Cayer, “Comparative Public Administration: The Search For Theories”
6. Joseph LaPalombara, “An Overview Of Bureaucracy And Political Development”
PART 2: Administrative Development And Development Administration
7. Satya Deva, “Western Conceptualization Of Administrative Development: A Critique And An Alternative”
8. Victor Thompson, “Administrative Objectives For Development Administration”
9. George F. Gant, “The Concept of Development Administration”
10. Brian Loveman, “The Comparative Administration Group, Development Administration And Antidevelopment”
11. Jean Claude Garcia-Zamor, “Neoteric Theories For Development Administration In The New World Order”
12. John Seitz, “The Failure Of U.S. Technical Assistance In Public Administration: The Iranian Case”
13. John Montgomery, “Administering To The Poor (Or, If We Can’t Help Rich Dictators, What Can We Do For The Poor?)”
14. Milton Esman, “Development Assistance In Public Administration: Requiem Or Renewal”
PART 3: Managing Institutions Through Planning and Decentralization
15. Theo Toonen, “Analysing Institutional Change And Administrative Transformation: A Comparative View”
16. David K. Leonard, “Analyzing The Organizational Requirements For Serving The Rural Poor”
17. Albert Waterston, “Development Planning: Lessons Of Experience”
18. Dennis Rondinelli, “Government Decentralization And Economic Development: The Evolution Of Concepts And Practices”
19. Diana Conyers, “Decentralization: The Latest Fashion In Development Administration?”
20. Dennis J. Gayle and Jonathan Goodrich, “Exploring The Implications Of Privatization And Deregulation”
21. Stanley Chang and Roberta Jones, “Approaches To Privatization: Established Models And A U.S. Innovation”
PART 4: New Public Management And Reforms”
22. Gerald Caiden, “The Administrative State In A Globalizing World: Some Trends And Challenges”
23. Andrew Gray and Bill Jenkins, “From Public Administration To Public Management: Reassessing A Revolution?”
24. Laurence Lynn Jr., “The New Public Management As An International Phenomenon:
A Skeptical View”
25. Donald Savoie, “What Is Wrong With The New Public Management?”
26. Christine Bellamy and John Taylor, “Introduction: Exploiting I.T. In Public Administration —Towards The Information Polity?”
27. Kim Viborg Andersen, “Reengineering Public Sector Organisations Using Information Technology”
28. Wm. B.H.J. van de Donk and Pieter W. Tops, “Informatization And Democracy: Orwell Or Athens? A Review of the Literature”
29. Bidya Bowornwathana, “Transforming Bureaucracies For The 21st Century: The New Democratic Governance Paradigm”
30. Naomi Caiden, "An Exploration into the Familiar and the New: Public Budgeting in Developing Countries”
31. Ali Farazmand, “The New World Order And Global Public Administration: A Critical Essay”
32. Fred W. Riggs, “Global Perspective On Comparative And International Administration”
33. Walter Kickert et. al., “Changing European States, Changing Public Administration”
34. Derick Brinkerhoff and Jennifer Brinkerhoff, “International Development Management In A Globalized World”
35. Eric M. Rice, “Public Administration in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe”
36. Larry Jones and Don Kettl, “Assessing Public Management Reform Strategy In An International Context”
37. Nicholas Henry, “Good Government: An Unstylish Idea That Warrants A Worldwide Welcome”
Conclusion: Fred W. Riggs
Appendix I: Global Organizations of Public Administration
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- Published: July 24, 2006
- Language: English
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Eric E. Otenyo
Dr. Eric Edwin Otenyo PhD is professor of Public Administration at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona. His MPA is from Syracuse University and PhD from Miami University, Oxford Ohio. He has taught advanced courses in public administration and policy and served as MPA program advisor in the department of Politics and International Affairs at the same university. He previously taught at the University of Nairobi and at Illinois State University. His publications include numerous articles in peer -reviewed journals, conference papers, book chapters on policy and governance issues, and the following books: Comparative Public Administration: The Essential Readings and E-Government: The Use of Information and Communication.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USANL
Nancy Lind
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Politics & Government, Illinois State University,USA