6th Edition

Public Administration, A Comparative Perspective

By Ferrel Heady Copyright 2001
484 Pages
by Routledge

Continuing in the standard of excellence set by previous editions, this sixth edition assesses the bureaucracies and development of governments around the world-providing helpful and revealing analyses of the relationships between bureaucracies and political regimes. With over 1000 literature references, tables, and drawings, the book has been upda

Preface, 1. Comparison in the Study of Public Administration, 2. A Focus for Comparison, 3. Concepts of System Transformation, 4. Historical Antecedents of National Administrative Systems, 5. Administration in More Developed Nations: General Characteristics and Classic Administrative Systems, 6. Administration in More Developed Nations: Some Variations in Administrative Systems, 7. Administration in Less Developed Nations, 8. Bureaucratic-Prominent Political Regimes, 9. Party-Prominent Political Regimes, 10. An Overview of Bureaucracies and Political Systems, Author Index, Subject Index

Biography

Ferrel Heady