Administrative reform and the politics of management training in the People's Republic of China

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Since 1978 China has attempted to modernize its administration and to train and recruit younger and more professional managers, both in the state administration and in economic enterprises. Despite important efforts in this direction, this has created tensions in the traditional methods of recruitment and training of personnel by the Chinese Communist Party. Traditional ideological training institutes, such as party schools have attempted to appropriate management training to preserve their prestige and primacy in recruitment despite their lack of adequately trained instructors. As a result, management education has been diluted by strong admixtures of ideology. As well as providing professional training, cadre training institutes become an important means to promote political favourites, whereas educated professionals may lack sufficient political influence to exercise their skills. The current crackdown in China represents one phase in a conflict over the objectives of political reform which has been going on for some years. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

China, Political aspects, Training, Management training, Government executives, Civil service reform

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Private lawyers, public law: administrative law in the making

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The law of public administration suffers from a lack of conceptual identity. One of the principal reasons for that deficiency is the limiting nature of administrative law theory. That theory generally fails to address the concerns of the private lawyer who is dealing with public administrators. What is needed is a more sophisticated understanding of the everyday interaction of lawyers and administrators. The author proposes an analytical scheme, based on the idea of decision-making as textual interpretation, by which that interaction might be better understood and more usefully studied. He argues that the essential skill of administrative lawyers is a fine appreciation of how administrative decision-makers differ from judges; the good administrative lawyer understands administrators and the administrative process, and knows how to turn that knowledge to advantage. (Reprinted by publisher's permission)

Interpretation and construction, Laws, regulations and rules, Attorneys, Lawyers, Practice, Administrative law

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One hundred years of Quebec administrative history, 1867-1970

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The development of administration in the Quebec province in the century following confederation is examined. Many early initiatives related to the desire for autonomy and the influence of the Catholic Church. A systems approach was found to be the most useful in studying Quebec administration.

Canada, History, Influence, Quebec, Autonomy, Autonomy (Political science), Federal-provincial controversies, Quebec (Province), Catholic Church in Quebec (Province)

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