Public Administration - A Comparative Perspective (Hardcover, 5th Revised edition)

This is an analysis of governments's development in various countries and of the relationships found between the development of government and technology, culture, economic systems and social order. This edition explains recent comparative research on civil service systems; discusses the implications of political changes in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; offers a four-tier system to classify countries' level of development; introduces several new case examples; and more.