Foundations of Public Administration: A Comparative Approach

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Hong Kong University Press, Apr 1, 1990 - Political Science - 218 pages
This book has been written to explain some of the fundamental issues of public administration to a wide audience. The author, Emeritus Professor and former head of the Department of Political Science at The University of Hong Kong, has had many years experience in the study and teaching of public administration in both European and African states (in the 50s and 60s) and Asia (in the 70s and 80s).
 

Contents

The Size and Scope of Government
21
Allocation of Functions
36
Administration and Culture
49
The valuefree idea of bureaucracy The ideal and the real and
69
Internal Problems of Administration
80
The Problem of Bureaucratic Corruption
95
Developed Countries Some
113
The Developing World
129
Public Administration in Socialist States
143
The Meaning of Policy
161
Policymaking in the Developing World
183
Index
203
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