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Author: John Halligan
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 1843769697
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Civil Service Systems in Anglo-American Countries' presents a comprehensive overview of the important issues in modern bureaucracies, combined with a comparative analysis of the civil service systems & administrative traditions of five Anglo-American nations.
Author: A. Massey
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1781001081
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'This Handbook on civil service systems is truly international and comparative. It covers and compares countries from all continents. It also connects historical (Weberian) legacies to contemporary challenges such as coordination, the hollow state, and trust. Massey's Handbook does not avoid difficult issues for civil service systems such as ruined reforms, fiscal retrenchment, and cultural and political system shocks. Therefore this book is exceptionally rich and stimulating.' Geert Bouckaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium While there is no universally accepted definition of civil servant and civil service, this authoritative and informative Handbook compares and contrasts various approaches to organising the structure and activities of different civil service systems. Underpinning theories and frameworks provide a disciplinary perspective from which to explore recurring topics and themes, and international comparisons are made via case studies from Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and North and South America. The expert contributors consider the historical and theoretical context of public administration and public sector management, encompassing issues such as the Weberian legacy, joined-up government and the hollowed-out state thesis. The debate between Anglo-American influenced systems versus the continental European approach to organising the civil service is also addressed.
Author: Frits M. Van der Meer
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-02-06
Total Pages: 611
ISBN-13: 1137491450
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised and expanded edition of a benchmark collection compares how civil services around the world have adapted to cope with managing public services in the 21st century. The volume provides insights into multi-level governance, juridification and issues of efficiency and responsiveness as well as exploring the impact of fiscal austerity.
Author: J. Raadschelders
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-10-17
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 0230593089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe role and position of the civil service as core actors in the public sector has been seriously questioned in recent years. This volume provides a comparative study of civil service systems in Asia, Western Europe and Africa. The cast of international contributors provide new insights.
Author: Chong-Min Park
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-12-30
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 1000802108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book compares contemporary civil service systems across East and Southeast Asia, a dynamic region of greater diversity in local administrative tradition, imported models of modern administration, and the character of prevailing political institutions. Featuring chapters on Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines, this book provides a detailed analysis of key aspects of the civil service system, including centralization, recruitment, classification, openness of positions, performance assessment, promotion, training, and senior civil service. It distinguishes four modes of public employment, namely, bureaucratization, professionalization, politicization, and marketization, to develop a conceptual framework for comparing the civil service system at the operational level. The region’s contemporary civil service systems appear to be hybrid systems that combine, at varying degree, these modes of public employment, responding to administrative reform pressures. The patterns of public employment across East and Southeast Asia reflect local administrative traditions, imported Western models of administration, and the relative timing of democratization and bureaucratization. With contributions from leading local experts across the region, this book will be invaluable to students, scholars, and practitioners interested in Asian public administration, especially civil service systems.
Author: Frits M. van der Meer
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2011-01-31
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 178100093X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis thoroughly revised and updated second edition of Civil Service Systems in Western Europe presents a comprehensive overview of the important issues in modern bureaucracies and provides a comparative analysis of the civil service systems of various Western European nations.
Author: John Halligan
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2020-05-29
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1839107499
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the impact of several decades of public sector reform in four Westminster systems – Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Political and managerial change has re-defined roles and relationships and how their public sectors function. Often this occurs in comparable ways because of a common administrative tradition, but choices made in different country contexts also produce divergent outcomes. In analysing the results and implications of reform, fundamental issues of and tensions in public administration and management are addressed.
Author: Joe L. Wallis
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781781959237
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'In this new, exciting exposition, Brian Dollery and Joe Wallis (here joined by Linda McLoughlin) continue their unique explorations advancing the frontiers of public administration and political economy with a fresh, challenging, and thought-provoking analysis of the effects and implications of more than two decades of public sector reform.' - Zane Spindler, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Author: O. P. Dwivedi
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Published: 2009-06-20
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 0776618172
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCanadian public administration has provided a rich ground for examining the changing nature of the state. Currents of political change have rippled through the administration of the public sector, often producing significant alterations in our understanding of how best to organize and administer public services. This volume brings together some of the leading Canadian and international scholars of public administration to reflect on these changes and their significance. Providing a historical perspective on public administration in Canada, the volume examines the shift from a traditional model of administration to newer forms such as new public management and governance, and explores current debates and the place of Canadian public administration within a broader comparative perspective.
Author: Martin Painter
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-01-05
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 0230289630
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContributors examine the persistence of administrative patterns in the face of pressures for globablization by developing a concept of administrative traditions and describing the traditions that exist around the world. They assess the impact of traditions on administrative reforms and the capacities of government to change public administration.
