Administering Agricultur

A Comparative Analysis of Four National Programs
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-16754-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 428 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 370 g

This book presents a comparative empirical analysis of public efforts to improve rice production in Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand. It explores theoretical questions in the field of comparative and development administration of rice production.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gable, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Rice Production and the Role of Administration: The Design of Comparative Empirical Research 2. Achieving Agricultural Development: The Administration of Change 3. Rice Production in Comparative Perspective: The Programs and their Accomplishments 4. Rice Production Program Personnel: Personal Histories in Developing Contexts 5. Rice Production Program Personnel: Attitudes Identifying Attitude Sets 6. The Administrative Setting: Position Characteristics, Career Development, and Administrative Relations 7. Administrative Cultures in the Rice Production Programs 8. Evaluating the Rice Production Programs 9. The Context and Complexity of Development Programs: The Case of Rice Production in Asia

Über Autor(innen)

Richard W. Gable received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago. He has taught at Ohio State University, Stanford University, the University of Southern California, and the U.S. Civil Service Commission Federal Executive Institute, and has published widely in the fields of political science, public administration, and development. Professor Gable has served as professor and advisor in Iran and Pakistan and has been a Senior Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu. He was co-coordinator of the Administration of Rice Production Project. J. Fred Springer is currently lecturer in public administration at California State University, Sacramento. He received his doctorate in political science from the University of California, Davis. Dr. Springer served as research associate and methodologist on the Administration of Rice Production Project. He has published in the fields of political science and comparative administration.