Foundations of Public Administration: A Comparative ApproachThis 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). |
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Page v
... traditional Asian methods of administration , e.g. , founded on Islamic , Confucian and other cultures . Western ' tools ' and Chinese ' essence ' . The importance of the colonial tradition of administration . The modern world of ...
... traditional Asian methods of administration , e.g. , founded on Islamic , Confucian and other cultures . Western ' tools ' and Chinese ' essence ' . The importance of the colonial tradition of administration . The modern world of ...
Page vi
... Traditional hostility to officials , Western and non - Western . The public servant and his political master . Specialists and Generalists . 69 Chapter 6 Internal Problems of Administration The balance between expansion and efficiency ...
... Traditional hostility to officials , Western and non - Western . The public servant and his political master . Specialists and Generalists . 69 Chapter 6 Internal Problems of Administration The balance between expansion and efficiency ...
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... traditional values . Modern public administra- tion everywhere however faces complex problems of change . Ancient admin- istration was static ; modern administration must be dynamic , and responsive to the immense technological changes ...
... traditional values . Modern public administra- tion everywhere however faces complex problems of change . Ancient admin- istration was static ; modern administration must be dynamic , and responsive to the immense technological changes ...
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... traditional ( i.e. , non - Western style ) rulers or modern rulers perhaps rule in a traditional way . The strongest aspect of many so - called Third World rulers believed to be ' patrimonialism ' , which dispassionately suggests ' the ...
... traditional ( i.e. , non - Western style ) rulers or modern rulers perhaps rule in a traditional way . The strongest aspect of many so - called Third World rulers believed to be ' patrimonialism ' , which dispassionately suggests ' the ...
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... tradition which understood that the civil servant is on tap and not on top ( H. Finer , 1949 : 614-17 , 882-83 ) . Such optimistic assessments were unsympathetically received by those who refused to see how policy could be separated ...
... tradition which understood that the civil servant is on tap and not on top ( H. Finer , 1949 : 614-17 , 882-83 ) . Such optimistic assessments were unsympathetically received by those who refused to see how policy could be separated ...
Contents
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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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