Public Administration

A Comparative Perspective
7. Revised Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4398-7844-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 839 g

Reihe: Public Administration and Public Policy

This is the seventh edition of the late Ferrel Heady's definitive work on comparative public administration. The expanded and updated volume includes Heady's last thoughts on the methodological direction of CPA as well as work from three leading scholars. The text features additional and expanded topics including intergovernmental relations in the U.S. and Europe, performance and accountability in the U.S. and Asia, foreign aid and the realities of development administration, state capacity and security assistance and development economics, public productivity, innovation networks, the global economic crisis, and contemporary approaches to terrorism and counter-terrorism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rivera, Mario A.

Perlman, Bruce J.

Holzer, Marc

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Comparison in the Study of Public Administration: The Legacy of Ferrel Heady. Focusing Comparison: Transforming Institutions, Functions, and Systems of Governance. Historical Antecedents of National Administrative Systems. Administration in More Developed Nations: Classic and Contemporary Administrative Systems. Administration in More Developed Nations: Some Variations in Administrative Systems. National and Development Administration in Less Developed Nations. Bureaucracy and Party in Transitional Systems. A New World. A New Governance. A New Discipline. Prospects.