Global dimensions of public administration and governance a comparative voyage
A comparative, interdisciplinary examination of the mechanisms behind public administration Global Dimensions of Public Administration and Governance is a comprehensive, comparative text on the structure and function of governments around the world. Written by two of the field's leading public...
| Otros Autores: | , , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand
[2015]
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629850106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Global Dimensions of Public Administration and Governance: A Comparative Voyage; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; The Authors; 1 Globalization and Government: Combining Global and Comparative Perspectives upon the State of Modern Government; Levels of Analysis and Understanding; Globalization; Combining a Global and Comparative Perspective; Combining the Studies of Administration and Politics; Audience for and Structure of This Book; Concluding Remarks: ``Flying ́́and Comparing across the Globe
- Part One: The Origin, Development, and Dissemination of Government: Structuring Territory and Organization2 The Roots and Development of Governance, Government, and Public Administration: The Envelopment of Local Communities in Upper-Local Polities over Time; Types of Governing Associations; All Government and Governance Started Local; The Emergence of Territorial States as Upper-Local Polities; A Global Model of Government Development; The Development of Thinking about Government: From Political Theory to Public Administration; Comparing Government Models: Concluding Remarks
- 3. Structuring Governance and Government: The Layered Territorial and Bureaucratic Organization of the WorldTerritoriality and Property; Territorialization of the World; International Boundaries; Subnational Jurisdictions: Historical Trends; Subnational Jurisdictions: The Contemporary Situation; Bureaucracy as Organizational Structure: The Bureaucratization of the World; The Influence of Colonization; Concluding Remarks: Boundaries Creating Polities; 4. State Making, Nation Building, and Citizenship; Defining State and Nation; State Making: Models and Explanations
- The Separation of Organized Religion and the State: A Recent Phenomenon?Nation Building: From Subjects to Citizens; Citizenship as Layered Phenomenon; A Future for State, Nation, and Citizenship?; 5. Political-Administrative Systems and Multilevel Government; Basic Distinctions of Political Systems; Five Types of Political Systems in Relation to Political Party System; Unitary and Federal Systems; Typologies of Democratic Systems; Presidential and Parliamentary Systems; Party-Political and Bureaucratic-Prominent Systems
- The Three Branches of Government and Core Features of Democratic Political SystemsThe Structure of Government Departments; Multilevel and Multiactor Government and Governance; Concluding Remarks; 6. Bureaucratic Organization and Culture; Defining Bureaucracy: The Influence of Max Weber and His Fears; Bureaucracy in the Evolution of Human Communities: The Origin of the Stereotype?; Societal Culture; Organizational Culture; Perceptions of Public Individuals; Sucking Water from Straws or Opening the Tap in the Kitchen
- 7. Organization, Management, and Policy: Comparing the Competencies of Government and Public Administration
