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PART ONE: THE ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, AND DISSEMINATION OF GOVERNMENT: STRUCTURING TERRITORY AND ORGANIZATION
by Jos Raadschelders, Eran Vigoda-Gadot
Global Dimensions of Public Administration and Governance: A Comparative Voyage
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THE AUTHORS
CHAPTER ONE: GLOBALIZATION AND 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 ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER TWO: THE ROOTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENT, AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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
CHAPTER THREE: STRUCTURING GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNMENT
Territoriality 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
CHAPTER FOUR: 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?
CHAPTER FIVE: POLITICAL-ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS AND MULTILEVEL GOVERNMENT
Basic Distinctions of Political Systems
Party-Political and Bureaucratic-Prominent Systems
The Three Branches of Government and Core Features of Democratic Political Systems
The Structure of Government Departments
Multilevel and Multiactor Government and Governance
Concluding Remarks
CHAPTER SIX: 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
CHAPTER SEVEN: ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, AND POLICY
The Human Side of Public Enterprise: Management, Organizations, and Behavior in Comparative Public Administration
The Public Management Revolution: Comparative Views
Comparing the Sectors
The Implementation of NPM in Western Democracies
The Implementation of NPM in Other World Regions
The “Dinosaur Syndrome” and the Comparative Movement: A Midrange Comment
The Organization and Management of Global Policy and Public Administration
Summary
CHAPTER EIGHT: BUREAUCRACY AS PERSONNEL SYSTEM AND POLITICAL-ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS
The Importance of the Personnel Function for Responsive Government
Defining Bureaucracy as Personnel System: Max Weber's Juridical Perspective
Categories of Public Servants in a Sociological Perspective
Variation in the Size of the Civil Service
Political-Administrative Relations: Intertwinement, Politicization, and Consultation
Development of the Personnel Function in Developed Countries
Concluding Comments
PART TWO: MANAGING POLICIES: CONTINUITY, CHANGE, AND DIVERSITY
CHAPTER NINE: TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES I
Atrocities of Man and Nature: National Defense and Emergency Management
Internal Security: Enforcing Law and Order
The Judiciary System: One State under the Rule of Law
Comparing Defense, Police, and Judiciary across Nations
CHAPTER TEN: TRADITIONAL GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES II
Economy and Finance
Tax Reforms: Taking for Giving
Comparing Economy, Finance, and Taxation Systems across Nations
CHAPTER ELEVEN: SOCIAL-ECONOMIC SERVICES
Energy Management
Planning and Zoning
Industry and Trade
Comparing Energy Management, Planning and Zoning, and Industry and Trade across Nations
CHAPTER TWELVE: WELFARE SERVICES AND POLICIES
Health Care
Education
Social Security
Comparing Health Care, Education, and Social Services across Nations
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: A VISION FOR COMPARATIVE THEORY AND PRACTICE
Comparison in Motion: Divergence and Convergence across Time and States
The Comparative Approach in Service of Interconnectedness, Emulation, and Policy Transfer
Comparative Public Administration and Governance: Between Transfer and Diffusion
Horizons for Comparative Public Administration and Governance
Summary and Final Remarks
APPENDIX ONE: STRUCTURAL SIMILARITIES—CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
The Function of Comparison in Society and in the Social Sciences
The Importance of Comparison in the Study of Public Administration
The Development of Comparative Public Administration
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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