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Comparative Public Administration

2nd Edition

Edited by Jim Chandler

To Be Published October 1st 2013 by Routledge – 288 pages

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Description

Comparative Public Administration 2nd edition provides a clear introduction to the contemporary system of public administration and management in a number of significant countries. This text examines, country-by-country, the extent to which new public management, politicians and public opinion can influence bureaucracies in various countries; in addition, it explores the role of public administration systems within the wider political systems and democratic frameworks of their states.

The new edition revises and updates all of the original country studies and adds three more chapters on Poland, India and China. Each chapter is written to a common framework which makes comparison easier and covers the following issues:

  • Political culture
  • The constitutional framework
  • The civil service
  • Central government agencies
  • Federal and local government
  • Financing the system
  • Coordinating the system
  • Managing the system
  • Accountability, secrecy and openness
  • Democracy and the administrative system
  • Further developments and issues with the system

A wide number of countries are covered, including: the United States, the European Union, China, France, UK, Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, India and Poland.

This textbook is essential reading for students of comparative public administration.

Contents

1. Introduction J .A. Chandler 2. Britain John Kingdom 3. France Professor J. A. Chandler 4. Germany Professor Graham Timmins 5. Ireland Professor Neil Collins 6. Italy Ralph Spence 7. Poland Dr Pawel Capicz 8. The European Union Dr Robert A Jones 9. The United States Professor Howard Elcock 10. China Thomas Johnson and Dr Guohui Wang 11. India Dr David Pell 12. Conclusion Professor J. A. Chandler

Name: Comparative Public Administration: 2nd Edition (Paperback) – Routledge 
Description: Edited by Jim Chandler. Comparative Public Administration 2nd edition provides a clear introduction to the contemporary system of public administration and management in a number of significant countries. This text examines, country-by-country, the extent to which new public...
Categories: Politics & International Relations, Public Administration & Management