Foundations of Public Administration: A Comparative ApproachHong Kong University Press, 1 d’abr. 1990 - 218 pàgines 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). |
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Pàgina v
... problem of communications . 3 Chapter 2 The Size and Scope of Government Big and small government . The concept of government growth . Why governments grow . The problem of size . Small is beautiful . The ' surge ' of welfare and its ...
... problem of communications . 3 Chapter 2 The Size and Scope of Government Big and small government . The concept of government growth . Why governments grow . The problem of size . Small is beautiful . The ' surge ' of welfare and its ...
Pàgina vi
... Problems of Administration The balance between expansion and efficiency . The case of Parkinson's Law and the problem of the measurement of administrative time in organizations . The Peter principle and hierarchology . Administrative ...
... Problems of Administration The balance between expansion and efficiency . The case of Parkinson's Law and the problem of the measurement of administrative time in organizations . The Peter principle and hierarchology . Administrative ...
Pàgina vii
... problems in Third World states . Policy and poverty . Particular problems of politics and policy in developing states . Case studies from Africa , Asia and Latin America . 183 Chapter 13 Conclusion The methods of Western public ...
... problems in Third World states . Policy and poverty . Particular problems of politics and policy in developing states . Case studies from Africa , Asia and Latin America . 183 Chapter 13 Conclusion The methods of Western public ...
Pàgina x
... problem , leaving other persons to carry out the ' policy ' . The distinction between ' generalists ' and ' specialists ' was also found in the British civil service from the 19th century on . The separation possibly also resembles the ...
... problem , leaving other persons to carry out the ' policy ' . The distinction between ' generalists ' and ' specialists ' was also found in the British civil service from the 19th century on . The separation possibly also resembles the ...
Pàgina xi
... problems of change . Ancient admin- istration was static ; modern administration must be dynamic , and responsive to the immense technological changes of the twentieth century . Yet modern public administration is also supposed to ...
... problems of change . Ancient admin- istration was static ; modern administration must be dynamic , and responsive to the immense technological changes of the twentieth century . Yet modern public administration is also supposed to ...
Continguts
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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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Pàgina 91 - If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Pàgina 72 - It is horrible to think that the world could one day be filled with nothing but those little cogs, little men clinging to little jobs and striving towards bigger ones...
Pàgina 13 - III. The management of the modern office is based upon written documents (the files), which are preserved in their original or draught form. There is, therefore, a staff of subaltern officials and scribes of all sorts. The body of officials actively engaged in a "public" office, along with the respective apparatus of material implements and the files, make up a "bureau.
Pàgina 125 - The theory of modern public administration, for instance, assumes that the authority to order certain matters by decree — which has been legally granted to public authorities — does not entitle the bureau to regulate the matter by commands given for each case, but only to regulate the matter abstractly. This stands in extreme contrast to the regulation of all relationships through individual privileges and bestowals of favor, which is absolutely dominant in patrimonialism, at least in so far...
Pàgina 70 - For forms of government let fools contest ; Whate'er is best administered is best...
Pàgina 13 - The body of officials actively engaged in a 'public' office, along with the respective apparatus of material implements and the files, make up a 'bureau.' In private enterprise, 'the bureau
Pàgina 50 - Williams 1981, 1982), has asserted (1985, p. 87) that "culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language".
Pàgina 93 - In present times the interests of the private citizen are affected to a great extent by the actions of Civil Servants. It is the more necessary that the Civil Servant should bear constantly in mind that the citizen has a right to expect not only that his affairs will be dealt with effectively and expeditiously, but also that his personal feelings, no less than his rights as an individual, will be sympathetically and fairly considered.
Pàgina 92 - We talk of the high principles and lofty ideals needed to build a strong and prosperous India. But we obey no discipline, no rule, follow no principle of public morality, display no sense of social awareness, show no concern for the public weal.