Selected Readings in Comparative Public Administration

"The Selected Readings in Comparative Public Administration" is a teaching guide designed to help and encourage students who study the course "Comparative Public Administration", included in the Bachelor Degree Program "Administration and Management" taught in English.

Its purpose is to provide an introduction to the system of public administration and management in a number of different countries. It is also concerned to demonstrate the importance of the public sector to effective government and management in different systems, and the extent to which these systems may be merging in their structure and processes through the process of globalization.

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Preface
Comparison in the study of public administration
Theories and analytical framework of comparative public administration
Classical and modern approaches to public administration
The concept of governance and public governance theories
Nature and model of public management reform
Trajectories of modernization and reform
Types of politico-administrative system
Public administration in liberal democracies
Public administration in France
Public administration in Britain
Public administration in the United States
Comparing public administration within the United States with European countries
Public administration in post-communist countries
Public administration in Russia
Public administration in Estonia
Public administration in Romania
Recommended references