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An analysis of how public agencies and organizations are failing to provide cost-effective services to their constituents, and how they can improve their performance by restructuring themselves.

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What is the role of the public bureaucracy in social, economic, and political development What are the alternatives of development for newly emerging nation-states How does a bureaucracy satisfy or inhibit the requisites of democratic development Twelve outstanding scholars--Joseph LaPalombara, Fritz Morstein Marx, S. N. Eisenstadt, Fred W. Rigg

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It has become increasingly common to find husbands and wives who are both committed to careers in the public sector. This book presents a comprehensive profile of public sector career couples and explore solutions to common problems faced by human resource managers in this field.

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The need for evaluation of public sector research and development activity is critical in today's political environment to assist policymakers with resource allocation.

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This volume presents an analysis of Japan's powerful upper bureaucracy in the post-war period. The author's aim is to provide an empirical foundation for the many impressionistic accounts of Japanese bureaucracy and a systematic basis for comparative studies of bureaucracies in other countries. The study ranges from the family and geographic backgr

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Every year, various public policies are entrusted to public authorities for implementation in the manner of a private firm but for the public interest. The book is a useful resource for courses in public administration, public policy, management, state and local government, urban planning, public finance, and political science.

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How might we construct a new public services settlement, grounded in the needs, wants and capabilities of contemporary citizens

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Well-traveled throughout China and well-published on its political, cultural, and business aspects, the editors of this unusual new book and their contributing authors give a systematic analysis of public sector managementas it is now and as it is emergingin a country of massive size, now in retreat from a centrally planned economy.

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This insider's perspective on the federal workforce demystifies the myth of the underworked and overcompensated employee, examines workers' daily challenges, and considers the future of government work and its workers.

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Focuses on the possibility that, due to the realities of workforce demographics, poor leadership, lack of competitiveness in the labour market and demotivating worker conditions, the public service will not maintain its capacity to manage programmes, execute laws and effectively deliver services.

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Investigates the problems that public administrators are facing as they seek to find and train others for government service.

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This book is required reading for newly appointed civil servants, as well as for those looking to enter the profession, and for students, academics, journalists, politicians and others interested in British government.

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