Comparative Public Administration: The Essential Readings

1017 Pages·2007·5.37 MB·English

by  Eric Edwin Otenyo

COMPARATIVE PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION: THE
ESSENTIAL READINGS
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RESEARCH IN PUBLIC POLICY
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RESEARCH IN PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
VOLUME 15
COMPARATIVE PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION: THE
ESSENTIAL READINGS
EDITED BY
ERIC E. OTENYO
Northern Arizona University, USA
NANCY S. LIND
Illinois State University, USA
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CONTENTS
PERMISSIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii
PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xix
INTRODUCTION: ESSENTIAL READINGS IN
COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATION
Eric E. Otenyo and Nancy S. Lind xxi
PREFACE xxvii
FOREWORD xxxv
PART I: COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:
GROWTH, METHOD AND ECOLOGY
Eric E. Otenyo and Nancy S. Lind 1
IN SEARCH OF COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATION
Lee Sigelman 9
THE PRISMATIC MODEL: CONCEPTUALIZING
TRANSITIONAL SOCIETIES
Fred W. Riggs 17
COMPARISON IN THE STUDY OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
Ferrel Heady 61
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vi CONTENTS
COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:
PROLOGUE, PERFORMANCE, PROBLEMS,
AND PROMISE
Dwight Waldo 129
COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:
THE SEARCH FOR THEORIES
Monty van Wart and Joseph N. Cayer 171
ANOVERVIEWOFBUREAUCRACYANDPOLITICAL
DEVELOPMENT
Joseph La Palombara 193
PART II: ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Eric E. Otenyo and Nancy S. Lind 221
WESTERN CONCEPTUALIZATION OF
ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT: A CRITIQUE
AND AN ALTERNATIVE
Satya Deva 231
ADMINISTRATIVE OBJECTIVES FOR
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Victor A. Thompson 241
THE CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
George F. Gant 257
THE COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATION GROUP,
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, AND
ANTIDEVELOPMENT
Brian Loveman 287
Contents vii
NEOTERIC THEORIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER
Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor 297
THE FAILURE OF U.S. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THE IRANIAN CASE
John L. Seitz 321
ADMINISTERING TO THE POOR (OR, IF WE CAN’T
HELP RICH DICTATORS, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR
THE POOR?)
John D. Montgomery 335
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION: REQUIEM OR RENEWAL
Milton J. Esman 345
PART III: MANAGING INSTITUTIONS THROUGH
PLANNING AND DECENTRALIZATION
Eric E. Otenyo and Nancy S. Lind 359
ANALYSING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFORMATION:
A COMPARATIVE VIEW
Theo A. J. Toonen 371
ANALYZING THE ORGANIZATIONAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVING THE
RURAL POOR
David K. Leonard 393
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING: LESSONS OF
EXPERIENCE
Albert Waterston 427
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GOVERNMENT DECENTRALIZATION AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE EVOLUTION OF
CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES
Dennis A. Rondinelli 433
DECENTRALIZATION: THE LATEST FASHION IN
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION?
Diana Conyers 447
EXPLORING THE IMPLICATIONS OF
PRIVATIZATION AND DEREGULATION
Dennis J. Gayle and Jonathan N. Goodrich 463
APPROACHES TO PRIVATIZATION: ESTABLISHED
MODELS AND A U.S. INNOVATION
Stanley Y. Chang and Roberta Ann Jones 489
PART IV: NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND
REFORMS
Eric E. Otenyo and Nancy S. Lind 501
THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE IN A GLOBALIZING
WORLD: SOME TRENDS AND CHALLENGES
Gerald Caiden 515
FROM PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TO PUBLIC
MANAGEMENT: REASSESSING A REVOLUTION?
Andrew Gray and Bill Jenkins 543
THE NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AS AN
INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON:
A SKEPTICAL VIEW
Laurence E. Lynn Jr. 573
Contents ix
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE NEW PUBLIC
MANAGEMENT?
Donald J. Savoie 593
INTRODUCTION: EXPLOITING IT IN PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION: TOWARDS THE INFORMATION
POLITY?
Christine Bellamy and John Taylor 603
REENGINEERING PUBLIC SECTOR
ORGANISATIONS USING INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Kim Viborg Andersen 615
INFORMATIZATION AND DEMOCRACY: ORWELL
OR ATHENS? A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
W. B. H. J. van de Donk and Pieter W. Tops 635
TRANSFORMING BUREAUCRACIES FOR THE 21ST
CENTURY: THE NEW DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
PARADIGM
Bidhya Bowornwathana 667
AN EXPLORATION INTO THE FAMILIAR AND
THE NEW: PUBLIC BUDGETING IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES
Naomi Caiden 681
THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND GLOBAL PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION: A CRITICAL ESSAY
Ali Farazmand 701
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON COMPARATIVE AND
INTERNATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Fred W. Riggs 729