Administrative Culture In Developing And Transitional Countries

Author : Ishtiaq Jamil,Steinar Askvik,Farhad Hossain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317597322

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Administrative Culture in Developing and Transitional Countries by Ishtiaq Jamil,Steinar Askvik,Farhad Hossain Pdf

The book explores theoretical, methodological, and empirical underpinnings of administrative culture as well as prospects and challenges associated with it in the context of and across developing and transitional countries. Referring to dominant norms and values in public organizations administrative culture is about the attitudes and perceptions of public officials. In many countries civil servants are criticised for being corrupt, incompetent, unreliable and self-centred.Their attitudes, norms and values and the way they act are in constant conflict with rule of law. Recently the virtues of the Weberian model of bureaucracy have been reclaimed as an alternative to New Public Management (NPM): i.e. as a model which emphasizes impartiality, rule-following, expertise, and hierarchy rather than manipulation of incentive structures and market competition. In particular it has been argued that a system of meritocratic recruitment and predictable, long-term careers increases the professional competence of the bureaucrats and fosters a culture of professionalism among them. Still it is unclear how and under what conditions such a model can be adopted.Among main hindrances seems to be established power structures and the existing political and societal culture which undermine the effective implementation of the Weberian model. This book was published a s aspecial issue of the International Journal of Public Administration.

Author : Ishtiaq Jamil,Steinar Askvik,Farhad Hossain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317597339

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Administrative Culture in Developing and Transitional Countries by Ishtiaq Jamil,Steinar Askvik,Farhad Hossain Pdf

The book explores theoretical, methodological, and empirical underpinnings of administrative culture as well as prospects and challenges associated with it in the context of and across developing and transitional countries. Referring to dominant norms and values in public organizations administrative culture is about the attitudes and perceptions of public officials. In many countries civil servants are criticised for being corrupt, incompetent, unreliable and self-centred.Their attitudes, norms and values and the way they act are in constant conflict with rule of law. Recently the virtues of the Weberian model of bureaucracy have been reclaimed as an alternative to New Public Management (NPM): i.e. as a model which emphasizes impartiality, rule-following, expertise, and hierarchy rather than manipulation of incentive structures and market competition. In particular it has been argued that a system of meritocratic recruitment and predictable, long-term careers increases the professional competence of the bureaucrats and fosters a culture of professionalism among them. Still it is unclear how and under what conditions such a model can be adopted.Among main hindrances seems to be established power structures and the existing political and societal culture which undermine the effective implementation of the Weberian model. This book was published a s aspecial issue of the International Journal of Public Administration.

Author : Salvatore Schiavo-Campo,Hazel M. McFerson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317461784

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Public Management in Global Perspective by Salvatore Schiavo-Campo,Hazel M. McFerson Pdf

Written by two authors with a wide range of experience in international affairs, this introductory text addresses both the commonalities and diversity of administrative practice around the world, including a succinct but thorough overview of PA in the United States. It combines solid conceptual foundations with strong coverage of nuts-and-bolts "how to" topics, such as personnel management, procurement, and budgeting, and covers both developed countries and developing and transitional economies.The book's chapters are organized into four major sections: government functions and organization; management of government activity; interaction between government and citizens; and prospects of administrative reform. Plentiful illustrations and examples throughout the book, and "What to Expect" sections and discussion questions in each chapter, make this an ideal text for any PA course that takes a global perspective.

Author : Ali Farazmand
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1157 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780203904756

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Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration by Ali Farazmand Pdf

With contributions from nearly 80 international experts, this comprehensive resource covers diverse issues, aspects, and features of public administration and policy around the world. It focuses on bureaucracy and bureaucratic politics in developing and industrialized countries and emphasizing administrative performance and policy implementation, as well as political system maintenance and regime enhancement. The book covers the history of public administration and bureaucracy in Persia, Greece, Rome, and Byzantium and among the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas, public administration in small island states, Eastern Europe, and ethics and other contemporary issues in public administration.

Author : Ogwo J. Umeh,Gregory Andranovich
Publisher : Kumarian Press
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : 9781565492011

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Culture, Development, and Public Administration in Africa by Ogwo J. Umeh,Gregory Andranovich Pdf

* The first text that integrates a cultural context into the study of public administration programs * Covers the whole of southern Africa: South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe * Written jointly by an African professor of public administration and an American political scientist Despite extensive theoretical consideration over the past several decades, the discipline of public administration still suffers from an inability to meet on-the-ground administrative challenges in developing countries. In the past, public administrators have relied upon Western organizational models considered rational and efficient. But in neglecting various social and cultural aspects of any non-Western country, development proceeds in fits and starts. Using southern African nations as an example, the authors argue that emerging societies are poor today thanks to the overreliance on non-local models. Practitioners must consider local cultures--languages, symbols, customs, and rituals--in developing effective administrative practices. They must absorb the experiences of people who know first-hand the dynamics and conditions in these countries. Otherwise, neither citizens nor leaders will manage their affairs and development processes effectively. Written particularly for undergraduate and graduate students in public administration, political science, and comparative and development public administration, but also for policymakers, managers, administrators, and individuals who seek to understand the challenges of organizing and managing development, this book helps foster a culturally sensitive understanding of public administration in a global context.

Author : Martin Kriesberg
Publisher : Washington, Brookings Institution
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Economic development
ISBN : UOM:39015010748666

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Public Administration in Developing Countries by Martin Kriesberg Pdf

Author : Christopher Rees,Farhad Hossain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135740726

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Public Sector Reform in Developing and Transitional Countries by Christopher Rees,Farhad Hossain Pdf

Over recent decades, decentralization has emerged as a key Public Sector Reform strategy in a wide variety of international contexts. Yet, despite its emergence as a ubiquitous activity that cuts across disciplinary lines in international development, decentralization is understood and applied in many different ways by parties acting from contrary perspectives. This book offers a fascinating insight into theory and practice surrounding decentralization activities in the Public Sectors of developing and transitional countries. In drawing on the expertise of established scholars, the book explores the contexts, achievements, progress and challenges of decentralization and local governance. Notably, the contributions contained in this book are genuinely international in nature; the chapters explore aspects of decentralization and local governance in contexts as diverse as Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Tanzania, Uganda, and Viet Nam. In summary, by examining the subject of decentralization with reference to specific developing and transitional Public Sector contexts in which it has been practiced, this book offers an excellent contribution towards a better understanding of the theory and practice of decentralization and local governance in international settings. This book was published as a special double issue of the International Journal of Public Administration.

Author : Demetrios Argyriades,O. P. Dwivedi,Joseph G. Jabbra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015070771699

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Public Administration in Transition by Demetrios Argyriades,O. P. Dwivedi,Joseph G. Jabbra Pdf

Global developments over the past half-century have transformed public administration and brought it to maturity as an autonomous discipline at the intersection of many important fields of study. The trends and challenges which confront this discipline are analyzed in this festschrift, which honors Gerald E. Caiden and his numerous inputs to the field since his graduation in 1957. During five decades of research and teaching, Dr. Caiden's professional life has spread across four continents, contributing greatly to the development of scholars and professional practitioners throughout the world. Their advancement of our knowledge of the public sphere worldwide and support of enhanced practices, combined with Caiden's scholarship, continue to define vital aspects of contemporary public administration and its future prospects, both locally and globally. The administrative state, which peaked in the 1950s and 1960s, gave way to neoliberalism and the new public management during the 1980s and 1990s. Already this is changing, as new ideas and visions surface on the horizon. Likewise, priorities shifted, as this volume shows. Concerns with central planning, with control, command and direction, gave way to greater emphasis on decentralization, de-bureaucratization, and human resources development but also, lately, ethics and anti-corruption strategies. Due process, rule of law, defense against arbitrariness, and protection and promotion of human and citizens' rights have also re-emerged as fields of growing concern, precisely on account of government's visible deficit in these regards. We are constantly on the move, but whether our direction will lead to the 'garrison state' or to a democratic 'facilitative state', as one contributor argues, remains a central issue, which calls for exploration and debate. In paying Gerald Caiden the tribute he so richly deserves, this festschrift, put together by scholars from around the world, traces and accounts for developments and bring us up-to-date. It is a fifty-year perspective on a field in rapid change, a rich and varied compendium, which represents a valuable addition to the literature on public administration, a necessary tool for training and research, as well as a useful companion for students and practitioners of public service globally.

Author : R. B. Jain
Publisher : Barbara Budrich
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131815438

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Governing Development Across Cultures by R. B. Jain Pdf

The book is a critical examination and appraisal of the status, methodology and likely future trends of the emerging sub-discipline of ìGoverning Developmentî within the broader discipline of political science, leading to the application of ìGood Governanceî in the administration and development of the newly emerged nations during the later half of the twentieth century. From the Contents: Bureaucracy, development and governance: The conceptual evolution of a sub-discipline R.B. Jain, Public administration, bureaucracy and development in the Third World Vidu Soni, ëPublic Administrationí to ëGood Governanceí in Developing Countries Good governance: Select world perspectives Renu Khator, Good Governance: An American Perspective in the Global Context Hartmut Elsenhans, Good governance as a means of taming the rent in newly industrialised countries: A German political economy perspective Micheal Pinto-Duschinsky, The ëBad Governmentí of ëGood Governmentí: Some Problems of ìCivil Societyî Organizations Promoting Good Governance O.P. Dwivedi, In the matter of good governance: A non-Western perspective Lenneal J. Henderson, Good governance and public administration: A citizen capacity-building model for Latin America. Keshav C. Sharma, Towards Good Governance in Africa: Governing development: Status, methodology, and future trends R.B. Jain, In conclusion: Governing developmentóthe emerging sub-discipline in political science: Status, methodology and future trends

Author : Ferrel Heady
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : UOM:39015003846550

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Public Administration, a Comparative Perspective by Ferrel Heady Pdf

Author : Alfred M. Jaeger,Rabindra Nath Kanungo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415035058

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Management in Developing Countries by Alfred M. Jaeger,Rabindra Nath Kanungo Pdf

Author : Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar,Shem Wambugu Maingi,Hiran Roy,Roberto Micera
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781800715110

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Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context by Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar,Shem Wambugu Maingi,Hiran Roy,Roberto Micera Pdf

Drawing from lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tourism Destination Management in a Post-Pandemic Context presents cases and competencies to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge in the management of destinations post-pandemic.

Author : Charles Polidano
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Management
ISBN : 1902518527

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The New Public Management in Developing Countries by Charles Polidano Pdf

Author : Malcolm Warner
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415336708

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Management in Transitional Economies by Malcolm Warner Pdf

This is a comparative study examining the past, present and future of management in the transitional economies of East and Central Europe, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and Vietnam.

Author : Artan Karini
Publisher : Springer
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319978345

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International Aid, Administrative Reform and the Politics of EU Accession by Artan Karini Pdf

This book provides a detailed analysis of the dimensions and dynamics of the role of international aid in the reform and capacity development of public service in post-communist Albania. It challenges the technocratic, results-based management frameworks used by aid organizations and reports of official donors operating in the country context, and offers a qualitative and critical assessment of the role of aid in administrative reform and capacity building. Secondly, the book highlights the specificity of the national politico-administrative context and its ability to modify the process of policy transfer from aid organizations to the Albanian bureaucracy. In doing so, it illustrates the domestic challenges in the transfer process towards policy learning and makes a valuable contribution to the debate over the (voluntary vs. coercive) administrative reform in Southeast Europe in relation to the politics of EU accession.