Comparative Public Administration
COMPARATIVE PUBLIC
Structure
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5.0 5 I 5.2 5.3 5.4
Objectives 1ntrod;uction What to Compare? Levels of Analysis The Range of Comparative Studies
5.4.1 54.2 5.4.3 5.4.4 5.4.5 Inter-institutional Analysis Intra-national Analysis Cross-national Analysis Cross-cultural Analysis Cross-temporal Analysis
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Nature of Comparative Administrative Studies
5.5.1 Nonnat~ve E~npirical to 5.5.2 Ideographic to Nomothetic 5.5.3 Non-ecological to Ecological
5.6 Scope of Comparative Public Administration 5.7 Significance of Comparative Public Administration '5.8 Conceptual Approaches in Comparative Public Administration
5.8.11 Bureaucratic Approach 5.8.2 Behavioural Approach 5.8.3 General Systems Approach 5.8.4 Ecological Approach 5.8.5 Structural Functional Approach 5.8.6 Development Approach
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5.9 5.10 5.1 1. 5-19
Let Us Sum Up Key Words Some Useful Books Answers to Check Your Progress Exercises
5.0 OBJECTIVES
After you have read this unit you should be able to: 9 explain the significanceof Comparative Public Administration * explain the nature and range of comparative studies: and describe the conceptual approaches in Comparative Public Administration.
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521 INTRODUCTION
Dear student, comparisons of administfative'systems has had a long traditibn. But a focus on this aspect of administrative studies is about forty years old. Only ttfter the Second World War and with the emergence of new nations in Asia and Africa, a vigorous interest in compar*ve studies of Public Administration has evolved. Comparative Public Administration, in simple terms, refers to a comparative study of government administrative systems functioning in differentcountries o the world. The nature of E Comparative Administration has vast ramifications and ranges from the narrowest of studies to the broadest of analysis. To understand the meaning of Comparative Public Administration, it would be desirable to look at the types of comparative public . administration studies undertaken by scholars in
Structure
,
5.0 5 I 5.2 5.3 5.4
Objectives 1ntrod;uction What to Compare? Levels of Analysis The Range of Comparative Studies
5.4.1 54.2 5.4.3 5.4.4 5.4.5 Inter-institutional Analysis Intra-national Analysis Cross-national Analysis Cross-cultural Analysis Cross-temporal Analysis
5.5
Nature of Comparative Administrative Studies
5.5.1 Nonnat~ve E~npirical to 5.5.2 Ideographic to Nomothetic 5.5.3 Non-ecological to Ecological
5.6 Scope of Comparative Public Administration 5.7 Significance of Comparative Public Administration '5.8 Conceptual Approaches in Comparative Public Administration
5.8.11 Bureaucratic Approach 5.8.2 Behavioural Approach 5.8.3 General Systems Approach 5.8.4 Ecological Approach 5.8.5 Structural Functional Approach 5.8.6 Development Approach
.
!
5.9 5.10 5.1 1. 5-19
Let Us Sum Up Key Words Some Useful Books Answers to Check Your Progress Exercises
5.0 OBJECTIVES
After you have read this unit you should be able to: 9 explain the significanceof Comparative Public Administration * explain the nature and range of comparative studies: and describe the conceptual approaches in Comparative Public Administration.
I
521 INTRODUCTION
Dear student, comparisons of administfative'systems has had a long traditibn. But a focus on this aspect of administrative studies is about forty years old. Only ttfter the Second World War and with the emergence of new nations in Asia and Africa, a vigorous interest in compar*ve studies of Public Administration has evolved. Comparative Public Administration, in simple terms, refers to a comparative study of government administrative systems functioning in differentcountries o the world. The nature of E Comparative Administration has vast ramifications and ranges from the narrowest of studies to the broadest of analysis. To understand the meaning of Comparative Public Administration, it would be desirable to look at the types of comparative public . administration studies undertaken by scholars in