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Comparative Public Administration and Policy is an informed and thorough analysis of comparative public administration and policy. It defines the fundamental premises that motivated the evolution of the comparative movement. It takes on a monumental task of stock-taking and evaluation that have been lacking or disconnected in current literature. An effective system of administration is a foundation for effective governance. This is why administrative reform is a basic concern. Comparative research helps to break out of the usual confines of education provincialism and cultural parochialism by considering all systems for learning. The comparative method, therefore, is a crucial tool for the advancement of administrative knowledge. The book reviews several methodological choices and research options. Recognizing the significance of the organizational and behavioral aspects for managerial comparison, this study still relies on the national administrative system, or bureaucracy, as an appropriate unit of analysis.A chapter on comparative public policy and its linkages to comparative administration examines important connections between them. A growing literature has been focusing on public policy in a comparative perspective as a complementary, or even an alternative to the administrative focus.Administration of developing countries has not received the attention it deserves in the recent scholarship on administration. While 75 percent of the human race live in developing countries, and the interdependence of nations is accelerating, reliable knowledge about developing systems is increasingly sporadic and scarce. At the same time, problems of governance are getting more complex, which render the role of administrative knowledge and skills in national development as more profound.In this book, focus on developing systems is not at the expense of information and knowledge of administration of developed, industrial democracies. A unique analysis traces important historical events that resulted in reduction of arbitrary central powers, enhanced the influences of science and rationalism, and articulated many of the contemporary features of management in the industrial countries. This part also examines and evaluates provisions of the movement that has been referred to as The New Public Management.
Author Notes
Jamil E. Jreisat is professor of public administration and political science at the University of South Florida. His research has appeared in more than a dozen professional journals in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. He has published nine books and monographs and over 60 articles and chapters. Professor Jreisat's research focuses on comparative public administration, administrative reform, and budgeting. His most recent works are Politics Without Process and Public Organization Management . He serves on the editorial boards of several professional journals, and has consulted many national and international organizations such the World Bank, the German Technical Assistance, and UNDP. Dr. Jreisat is the recipient of the Professional Excellence Award of the University of South Florida.
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This work describes the field of comparative administration over the past 40 years. Its strength lies in its treatment of the various methodologies that can be applied to comparative research. In other respects, however, the book falls short. National-level public bureaucracy, using the classic work of Max Weber, is defined as the major focus of comparative administration. This treatment of bureaucracy, using an input-output systems approach, ignores some of the most innovative work that has been done on organizations, e.g., Gareth Morgan. The chapter on comparative public policy reduces policy making to a form of administrative decision making. Policy making is examined using a narrow, institutional focus and such decision-making models as the rational and the incremental. The last two chapters contrast the administration of developing countries with the administration of developed systems, without explaining the difference between "countries" and "systems." Finally, there are no substantive discussions that compare actual public administrations or public policies across national boundaries. Some focus on substance issues would have enlivened the presentation--generally provided through summary lists--of the history of scholarship in this field. Recommended for general readers. M. A. Saint-Germain California State University, Long Beach
Table of Contents
| Acronyms | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| 1 Introduction | p. 1 |
| Premises and Definitions | p. 1 |
| Globalism and Comparative Public Administration | p. 6 |
| Evolution of the Comparative Drive | p. 12 |
| Accomplishments | p. 16 |
| Evaluative Discourse | p. 24 |
| 2 National Public Bureaucracy: A Unit for Comparison | p. 27 |
| Elements of the Classic Bureaucratic Model | p. 28 |
| Attacks on the Bureaucracy | p. 31 |
| Conclusion | p. 43 |
| 3 Comparative Research and Methods | p. 49 |
| The Unit of Analysis | p. 53 |
| The Context (the Environment) | p. 57 |
| What Method for Research? | p. 65 |
| Conclusion | p. 73 |
| 4 Comparative Public Policy | p. 79 |
| Concepts and Definitions | p. 79 |
| Public Policy and Administrative Discretion | p. 91 |
| Comparative Politics and Comparative Administration | p. 97 |
| 5 Administration of Developing Countries | p. 105 |
| Understanding Development | p. 105 |
| The Implementation Challenge | p. 114 |
| Attributes of Public Administration in Developing Countries | p. 129 |
| 6 Administration of Developed Systems | p. 135 |
| Limiting Central Powers: Building Institutional Foundations | p. 135 |
| Impact of Science and Rationalism | p. 141 |
| The New Public Management | p. 144 |
| Common Administrative Features | p. 153 |
| Conclusion | p. 158 |
| References | p. 165 |
| Index | p. 181 |