Strengthening public administration research: identifying boundaries and horizons
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Researches have been struggling to define hard to the role of research in public administration. It is in the last few decades that the quality and usefulness of this research work has been defined. Unfortunately despite the presence of enormous literature in this area, a clear direction has not been provided. Therefore a paper is presented to organize this material in ways that will make it more useful by identifying boundaries and horizons.
Publication Name: International Journal of Public Administration
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0190-0692
Year: 2005
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Maturation of public administration in a multicultural environment: lessons from the Anglo-Saxon, Latin and Scandinavian political traditions
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A comparative analysis is made of three different models of public administration, which are the Anglo-Saxon, the Latin and the Scandinavian to analyze how these ideal-types of public administration handle the issue of power. The argument is that without understanding and facing the issue of the amount of power that politicians possess, public administration will continue to grow as a discipline.
Publication Name: International Journal of Public Administration
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0190-0692
Year: 2004
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