Comparative Public Administration

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1、ComparativePublicAdministrationPIA3090HistoricalLegacy-1ThegreatorganizationsthatdotheworkofmodernstateshadtheircounterpartsinpowerfulAsianempiresespeciallyofChinaandtheOttomanTurks,AfricanKingdomsandespeciallyintheKing'sservicesinPrussia,EnglandandotherEuropeanstates.HistoricalLegacy-2Modernc

2、omparisonsarepossibleacrossthedeepestdivisionsofsystemtypes:betweenauthoritarianandpluralistsystems,industrializedanddevelopingsystemsandsecularandreligiousregimes.MethodologyGoal:SearchforGeneralEnduringFeaturesofGovernanceCanAllowforComparisonofBureaucraciesEnduringFeaturesPatternsoforganiza

3、tionRecruitmentofbureaucratsCertaincommonprogramsofgovernmentsCapacitiesandperformanceTheperennialtensionsbetweenofficialPersonalnormsandthecontrolofbureaucraticpowerCourseGoalThiscoursefocusesontheroleofpublicbureaucraciesbothinthecontemporaryworldaswellasinitshistoriccontext.Itiscomparativea

4、ndinternationalinitsapproachbutincludesdiscussionoftheU.S.casestudy.Overthenextsemester,wewillconsideranumberofbroadissues.ComparativePAIssuesTheseincludewaysinwhichadministratorsinteractwiththeirpoliticalenvironmentandinfluencethepolicymakingprocess.Wewillalsoexamineseveralspecificadministrat

5、iveproblemsthathavethemselvesbecomecontentiouspolicyissuesContemporaryPolicyIssuesAffirmativeactionandrepresentativebureaucracybudgetarydecisionmakinggovernmentreorganizationDecentralizationPrivatizationandContractingOutPublicsectorreform.PrivatizationInthelastdecade,criticsofthepublicserviceh

6、avearguedthatefficientgovernmentissmallgovernment.Privatizationhasbeentheorderoftheday.This"neo-classical"modelofdevelopmenthasbeenexportedoverseas,especiallytothelessdevelopedandtransitionalstatesinAfrica,Asia,EasternandCentralEuropeandLatinAmerica.BureaucracyandDevelopmentOneofthemajorgoalso

7、fthiscoursewillbetoexaminethisthesisbyexaminingtherolethatthebureaucracyhasplayedinthedevelopmentprocessinEurope,thestatesoftheformerSovietUnion,theUnitedStatesandthenewlyindustrializingstatesofEastAsia.CourseMethodology-1Publicorganiza