Applying Public Administration in Development Guideposts to the Future [Hardcover]

Made to fill the major gap in the literature on public administration applied in development. This title provides a review of the state-of-the-art which is both historically-grounded and forward-looking, and which will appeal to a broad readership: policy-makers, managers, advisers, scholars and others operating at all levels of government from local community through international levels. The studies offer a practical approach, consistently linking theory with practice and experience, providing a forum for new and exciting ideas.PERSPECTIVES: THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA.

The Last Fifty Years and the Next Fifty Years: A Century of PublicAdministration and Development (P. Collins).

Combining Good Fortune and Careful Planning in Botswana: Lessons ofSuccess in Presidential Leadership (K. Masire).

Challenges before Policy-Makers and Service Providers (P.Sundaram).

Globalisation: Threat or Opportunity? (P. Streeten).

STATE, MARKET AND CIVIL SOCIETY.

State, Market and Civil Society: Towards Partnership? (P.Collins).

Securing the Public Interest under Pluralistic Institutional Design(N. Girishankar).

Decentralised Governance and Poverty Reduction: Relevant Experiencein Africa and Asia (D. Belshaw).

Local Government Reform and Community-Driven Development:Asia-Pacific Experiences (M. Turner).

Public Ownership and the Community (P. McKinlay).

Subsidiarity in Public Governance: Issues and Implications forStakeholders (D. Wright).

Public-Private Partnerships as a Strategy for LocalCapacity-Building: Some Suggestive Evidence from Latin America (A.Fiszbein).

Considerations on Governance from a Local Perspective: Towards aFramework for Addressing Critical Disjunctures in Urban Policy (P.McCarney).&lÓt