Globalism and Comparative Public Administration

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Globalism
and Comparative
Public Administration
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
A Comprehensive Publication Program
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
EVAN M. BERMAN
Distinguished University Professor
J. William Fulbright Distinguished Scholar
National Chengchi University
Taipei, Taiwan
Founding Editor
JACK RABIN
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Contents
Foreword ........................................................................................................ix
Preface ............................................................................................................xi
Acknowledgments .......................................................................................xiii
Author ...........................................................................................................xv
1 Governance and Globalism ....................................................................1
Introduction ................................................................................................1
Governance ..................................................................................................3
Definition Issue ..................................................................................3
Shifting Role of Governance ...............................................................4
What Is Good Governance? ................................................................8
Measuring Governance .....................................................................12
Question of Democratic Governance ................................................14
Globalization .............................................................................................15
Economic-Based Globalization .........................................................16
Information Technology–Based Globalization .................................17
Broad View of Globalization .............................................................18
Globalism and Public Administration........................................................21
Decisions by Negotiation and Collaboration ....................................22
Performance Culture ........................................................................24
Role of Leadership ............................................................................24
E-Government ..................................................................................25
The Comparative Perspective ............................................................27
Conclusion .................................................................................................27
References ..................................................................................................28
Endnotes ....................................................................................................31
2 Comparative Public Administration ....................................................33
Introduction ..............................................................................................33
Critical External Influences .......................................................................35
Distinctive Management for National Development ..................................39
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Demand for Relevance ...............................................................................43
Comparative Administration in a Globalizing World ................................47
Legacy of the Comparative Approach ........................................................52
Construction of Administrative Typologies ......................................52
Defining Functional Patterns ............................................................53
Language and Terminology ..............................................................54
Knowledge Generation .....................................................................54
Conclusion .................................................................................................56
References ..................................................................................................57
Endnotes ....................................................................................................60
3 Bureaucracy ..........................................................................................61
Bureaucracy and Comparative Analysis .....................................................61
Classic Bureaucratic Model ........................................................................62
Assessments and Criticisms of Bureaucracy................................................65
The Power Issue ...............................................................................66
Bureaucracy and Political Development ............................................68
Change and Innovation ....................................................................71
The “Ideal-Type” Concept .................................................................74
Conclusion ................................................................................................77
References ..................................................................................................80
Endnotes ....................................................................................................81
4 Comparative Research and Methods ....................................................83
Introduction ..............................................................................................83
Unit of Analysis .........................................................................................87
The Context (Environment) .......................................................................91
Social Context ..................................................................................91
Political Context: Type of Government ............................................94
Internal Operating System ................................................................96
What Method for Research? ......................................................................98
Middle-Range vs. Grand Models ....................................................100
Case Studies ...................................................................................101
Structural-Functional Models .........................................................102
Behavioral Focus .............................................................................104
Conclusion ...............................................................................................105
References ................................................................................................107
Endnotes ..................................................................................................110
5 Comparative Public Policy .................................................................111
Public Policy and Process .........................................................................111
Agenda Setting ...............................................................................114
Policy Formulation .........................................................................114
Decision Making ............................................................................115
Contents ◾ vii
Policy Implementation ....................................................................115
Policy Evaluation ............................................................................116
Beyond the Formal Process ......................................................................117
Mass Media ....................................................................................117
Declarations by Political Leaders ....................................................118
Influence of Special Interests...........................................................119
Frameworks of Decision Making .............................................................122
Rational Model ...............................................................................123
Incremental Model .........................................................................124
Bounded Rationality Model ...........................................................125
Consensus-Building Models ...........................................................125
Public Policy and Administrative Discretion ............................................127
Comparative Politics and Comparative Administration ...........................132
References ................................................................................................137
Endnotes ..................................................................................................139
6 Administration of Developing Countries ...........................................141
Understanding Development ...................................................................141
Development and Legacy of the Past .......................................................144
Classic Imperialistic Hegemony ......................................................145
Dependency Theory ........................................................................146
Cultural Domination ......................................................................146
The Implementation Challenge ................................................................150
Economic Development ..................................................................151
Development Administration .........................................................154
Political-Administrative Nexus of Development .............................159
Public Administration Traits in Developing Countries ............................162
References ................................................................................................165
Endnotes ..................................................................................................168
7 Administration of Developed Systems ...............................................169
Checking Central Powers, Building Institutions ......................................169
Impact of Science and Rationalism ..........................................................174
The New Public Management ..................................................................176
Economics-Based “New Paradigm” ................................................178
Organization and Management Tradition ......................................180
Common Administrative Features ...........................................................185
Balanced System of Power Distribution ..........................................185
Focus on Results .............................................................................186
Technology Serving Management ...................................................187
Concern for Ethics and Accountability ...........................................187
Redefined Public Administration Role
Toward the Private Sector ..........................................................188
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Conclusions .............................................................................................189
References ................................................................................................192
Endnotes ..................................................................................................194
8 Global Ethics and Public Service .......................................................195
Introduction ............................................................................................195
Applied Global Ethics ..............................................................................197
Institutional Context of Global Ethics .....................................................199
A Broader Definition of Ethics ................................................................202
A Broader Conception ....................................................................205
Business Factor ..............................................................................206
Information and Transparency ......................................................208
Ethics Education ............................................................................209
Monitoring, Investigation, and Adjudication ..................................210
Conclusion ...............................................................................................210
References ................................................................................................211
Endnotes ..................................................................................................212