Under pressure from the World Bank, the International Monetary Funds and the World Trade Organization governments of both industrialized and less developed nations have undertaken extensive reforms and reorganization to streamline their public sectors. This volume, with chapters written by authorities from around the world, provides information on administrative reform in varied nations. Following an introduction, which sets a theoretical framework, the book contains sections devoted to Asia, the Near/Middle East, Africa, and a comparison of East/South Europe and Asia.
Author(s): Ali Farazmand
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 280
Preface......Page 10
1. Administrative Reform and Development: An Introduction Ali Farazmand......Page 12
I. Administrative Reform in Asia......Page 24
2. Innovations for Administrative Reforms in Korea: A Case of the Local Autonomy System Jong-Hae Yoo......Page 26
3. Administrative Reforms in India Krishna K. Tummala......Page 40
4. Administrative Reform in Bangladesh: An Unfinished Agenda Habib Zafarullah......Page 60
5. Resistance to Administrative Reforms in South Asian Civil Bureaucracies Mohammad Mohabbat Khan......Page 84
6. Administrative Reform in Hong Kong: Rationale, Strategies, and Results Ahmed Shafiqul Haque......Page 100
7. Reformist Orientations among Middle Managers in China: The Case of Shanghai Peter Koehn......Page 116
II. Administrative Reform, Reorganization, and Revolution in the Near/Middle East......Page 134
8. Reorganization, Reform, and Revolution in Contemporary Iran Ali Farazmand......Page 136
9. Political Dynamics and Administrative Reform in Turkey A. Ümit Berkman and Metin Heper......Page 162
10. The Predicament of Administrative Reform in the Arab States Jamil E. Jreisat......Page 174
III. Administrative Reform in Africa......Page 189
11. The Role of Human Resource Management in South African Public Service Reform Victor G. Hilliard......Page 190
12. Civil Service Reform in a Developing Country: A Critique of the Management and Administration of the Zimbabwe Reform Program Hope Sadza......Page 212
IV. Administrative Reform in Eastern/Southern Europe and Asia......Page 230
13. Hungarian Local Government Transition from Communism to Capitalist Democracy Terry F. Buss......Page 232
14. Administrative Reform Difficulties and the Role of Religion: Greece, South Korea, and Thailand Constantine P. Danopoulos, Dongsung Kong, and Ronald D. Sylvia 237......Page 248
Index......Page 270
About the Contributors......Page 278
