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Print version: Stout, Margaret ; From Austerity to Abundance? : Creative Approaches to Coordinating the Common Good, Front Cover; From Austerity to Abundance? Creative Approaches to Coordinating the Common Good; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword: Toward A Politics of Belonging; References; Introduction; References; Are Social Movements Prefiguring Integrative Governance?; The Wicked Challenge of Sustainability; Integrative Governance in Brief; Prefiguring Integrative Governance; Nascent Exemplars of Affirmation; Evidence of Stewardship; Evidence of Radical Democracy; Evidence of Integral Knowing; e/m-Governance Tactics; Evidence of Facilitative Coordination; One-to-One Tactics, Integrating Movements for Systemic TransformationNotes; References; Unsettling the Memes of Neoliberal Capitalism through Administrative Pragmatism; Introduction; Neoliberal Memes; The Invisible Hand Meme; The Greed is Good Meme; The Creative Destruction Meme; The Government's the Problem Meme; The Private Property Meme; The American Dream Meme; The Consumer Society Meme; Unsettling the Memes; Pragmatic Cultural Praxis; Pragmatic Administrative Praxis; The Implications of Pragmatist Praxis; Conclusion; References; Cross-sector Collaboration for Public Value Co-creation: A Critical Analysis, IntroductionPublic Value; Structuration Theory; Methodology; Case Studies Description; Giocosport; Sport in Trento Public Gardens; Car-sharing Südtirol-Alto Adige; Integreen; Suitcase; Merano Real-time Bus; Analysis of Case Studies; Conclusion; Notes; References; Tackling Maternal Health through Cell Phones: Evaluating aCollaborative Framework; The Challenge; m-Governance and m-Health for Maternal Health; Maternal Health and Health Policies in India; Methods and Data; Findings and Analysis; Recommendations and Conclusion; Notes; References, Clarifying Collaborative Dynamics in Governance NetworksIntroduction; Logic Models as Analytical Frameworks; The Collaborative Governance Regime Model; An Integrative Governance Logic Model; The Total Situation; The Network Situation; Relational Disposition; Facilitative Leadership; Resources; Integrative Group Process; Cooperative Style of Relating; Participatory Mode of Association; Method of Integration; Integrative Actions; Functional Unifying; Integrative Progress; Feedback Loops; Analyzing Collaborative Dynamics; Operationalizing the Indicators; A Brief Illustration; Conclusion, Increased Focus on Participation and Coproduction in the UNPSA

Print version: Bureaucracy and society in transition, Cover; Bureaucracy and Society in Transition: Comparative Perspectives; Copyright Page; Contents; Editorial Board; List of Reviewers; About the Authors; Introduction: Bureaucracy in Transition; Fear of Formality; If It's Dead, Why Won't It Lie Down?; Varieties of Bureaucracy and Reform Models; Civil Service and Political Leadership; Bureaucratic Identities; Organisation: How Do Recent Reforms Affect Bureaucratic Infrastructures?; Transition: The Road to Denmark; Transitions: To Denmark or Beyond?; Future Challenges -- Digitalisation and Mediatisation; References, The Impact and Interpretation of Weber's Bureaucratic Ideal Type in Organisation Theory and Public AdministrationIntroduction; Weber as Part of a German Scholarly Tradition; Weber Translated: The Ideal Type as 'Bureaucracy Theory'; Parsons' Interpretation of Weber; Organisations as 'Natural Systems'; Reception of 'Bureaucracy Theory' in Europe; Textbook Weber -- Weberian Perspectives and Concepts Translated into Method; Efficiency Is Not the Same as Rationality; The Relative Superiority of Bureaucracy; The Ideal Type Is Not a Hypothesis; Not Just One, but Several Ideal Types, Varieties of Bureaucracy: Weberian InterpretationsThe Professional and Administrative Bureaucracy; The Many Webers; State Bureaucracy: The Significance of the Political-Cultural Context; Changes in Bureaucracy and Identity; Organising as Meaningful Activity at Intermediary Level; Weber as Historical-comparative Scholar Not Father of 'Organisation Theory'; Some Weaknesses in Weberian Explorations into Bureaucracy; A Short Conclusion; Notes; References; Part I. Comparative Perspectives; Building State Infrastructural Capacities: Sweden and Greece, State Autonomy and Infrastructural Capacities: The Relevance of Extreme CasesSweden: A Mapped, Registered, Simplified and Objectified Society; The Legibility and Simplification of Space; Registering the Economy and Counting People; Simplifying and Objectifying Society; Greece: The Unmapped Landscape, the Ambiguities of Society and the Complexity of the State; Who Owns the Land?; Distant Taxation and the Ambiguity of State-Society Relations; Comparative Remarks; Notes; References, From Neutral Competence to Competent Neutrality? Revisiting Neutral Competence as the Core Normative Foundation of Western ... Introduction; Neutral Competence; Research Design and Methods; Contextualising Danish and British Perceptions of Neutral Competence; Perceptions of Neutral Competence; Conclusion; Notes; References; Outcome-based Performance Management Systems: Experiences from the Danish and Swedish Tax Agencies; Introduction; Performance Management in Public Administration; A Qualitative Study of Performance Management Systems; Outcome-based Performance Management Systems in Use, The Danish Case -- Auditing Claims for Negative VAT

Print version: Leadership and Public Sector Reform in Asia, Intro; Leadership and Public Sector Reform in Asia; Contents; Notes on Contributors; CHAPTER 1: Leadership and Public Sector Reforms in Asia: An Overview; What are Public Reforms? Why do they Matter?; Why This Book?; Towards a Theory of Leadership in Public Sector Reforms; Who Leads in Initiating Proposals for Public Sector Reforms?; How are Public Sector Reforms Implemented?; Horizons and Innovations in Reform Leadership; About the Chapters; References; CHAPTER 2: Leadership and Public Sector Reform in Japan; Introduction, 1. History and Political, Social and Economic Background of Public Sector ReformsOccupation Period; High Economic Growth Period; Low Economic Growth Period; Period in Search for New Japan under Various Difficulties; 2. Reasons and Objectives of Administrative Reform; 3. Organizations to Promote Administrative Reform in Japan; Permanent Administrative Organization for Administrative Reform; Advisory Council for Administrative Reform; 4. Importance of Leadership to Promote Administrative Reform: Cases, Case 1: Administrative Reform by Prime Minister Nakasone and the Provisional Commission for Administrative ReformCase 2: Administrative Reform by Prime Minister Hashimoto and Administrative Reform Council; Content of the reform of the central government ministries; Case 3: Administrative Reform by Prime Minister Koizumi and His Leadership; Transition of postal services in Japan; 5. Lessons from the Japanese Experiences; 6. Concluding Remarks -- Prospects of Reform in the Near Future; References; CHAPTER 3: Leadership and Public Sector Reform in Indonesia, Public Sector Reform in the Context of the Indonesian Changing StateHistory and Character of Indonesian Public Sector Reforms; Leaders Determining Reform Progress; Public Values Upheld by Leaders; Cascading Ideas of Reform from Leaders to Constituents; Operational Capacity Building to Make Reform Implementation successful; Leadership in Managing Risks of Reform Initiatives; Dealing with Resisting Actors Inside the Organization; Initiating Reconciliation Strategies that Turn Threats into Opportunities; Sustaining Reform Through Leadership; Rising up More Cadres Supporting the Reform, Creating Authorizing Environment that Leads to Continuing Legitimacy to ReformWorking in Collaboration Beyond Bureaucracy; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 4: Leadership and Public Sector Reform in China; 1. Seven Reforms of the Chinese Administrative System and its Development; 2. Leadership of Reform I: Advancing the Development; 3. The Leadership of Reform II: 'Open Leadership' To Advance With the Times; 4. Leadership of Reform III: 'Innovative Leadership'; 5. Case: Anti-Corruption Leadership; 6. Discussion and Conclusion; CHAPTER 5: Leadership and Public Sector Reform in Thailand

Print version: Haifeng, Liu ; Examination Culture in Imperial China, Cover; Title Page; About the author; Contents; Chapter One Centurial Anniversary of Abolition of the Imperial Examination System; 1.1 Centurial Anniversary of Abolition of the Imperial Examination System; 1.2 Rehabilitating the Imperial Examination System; 1.3 Reevaluating the Imperial Examination System; 1.4 Ending the Era of Blind Criticism of the Imperial Examination System; 1.5 Clearing the Name for the Imperial Examination System; 1.6 Abolition of the Imperial Examination System and Cultural Conflicts; Chapter Two Gains and Losses of Imperial Examinations, 2.1 Relationship between Academies and Imperial Examinations2.2 Double-edged Sword: Merits and Demerits of Imperial Examinations; 2.3 Laws of Development of Imperial Examinations; 2.4 Selection of Able Men and True Talents; 2.5 The Nature of Imperial Examinations as Intelligence Tests; 2.6 Acceptance of ""Imperial Degrees; Chapter Three Influence of the Imperial Examination Culture; 3.1 Influence of the Imperial Examination System on Chinese Culture; 3.2 Imperial Examination Literature and Study of Imperial Examination; 3.3 The Cultural Circle of Imperial Examinations in East Asia, 3.4 Influence of Chinese Imperial Examinations on Japan, Korea and Vietnam3.5 Infiuence oflmperial Examination System on Western Examination System; 3.6 Imperial Examination-China's Fifth Great Invention; Chapter Four Formation of ""Imperial Examination Study; 4.1 Historical Development of the Implication of ""Imperial Examination Study; 4.2 Study of Imperial Examination: A Notable Discipline in the 21st Century; 4.3 Study of Imperial Examination: an Ancient but Brand-New Discipline; 4.4 ""Study of Imperial Examination"" and Educational Examination Reform, 4.5 Literature and Study of the Imperial Examination4.6 ""Policy study"" and Study of Imperial Examination; Afterwords; Afterwords from the main translator

Print version: Guide to federal terms and acronyms, Acquisitions -- Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities -- AIDS and HIV -- Alzheimer's-Dementia -- Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms -- Agriculture -- Building and Real Estate -- Census -- Chemical, Biological, and Radiological -- Children -- Child Support Enforcement -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Coast Guard -- Congress -- Contracts and Contracting -- Defense -- Disaster and Emergency Management -- Drugs -- Education -- Energy -- Environmental Health -- Environmental Protection -- Equal Opportunities -- Family Violence -- Federal Aviation Administration -- Federal Highway Administration -- Food Safety -- Government Accountability Office -- Health and Human Services -- Health: Long Term Care -- Health: Medicare -- Homeland Security -- Housing and Urban Development -- Information Technology -- Immigration and Naturalization -- Internal Revenue Service -- Justice -- US Courts -- Labor -- Employment Benefits -- Labor Statistics -- Small Business Administration -- Transportation -- Veterans Affairs -- Water Quality

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 25 years of public administration in the Czech Republic -- Introduction -- 1. Development of Public Administration in the Czech Republic to 1989 -- 1.1 Chronological development of public administration to 1989 -- 1.2 Key findings from this period -- 2. Development of Public Administration since 1989 -- 2.1 Development in the period of 1989 -- 2003 -- 2.1.1 Procedures and steps of reform in this period -- 2.1.2 Key findings from this period -- 2.2 Development of public administration since 2003 -- 2.2.1 Procedures and steps of reform in this period, 2.2.2 Key findings from this period -- 3. Critical assessment of implemented reforms -- 4. Best practices and recommendations for implementation in the V4 countries -- Conclusion -- References -- Hungary's central state administration 1990-2014 -- Introduction -- 1. The theoretical context, the questions and the method of the research -- 1.1 Scholarly accounts of public administration reforms in Central and Eastern Europe -- 1.2 Research questions and method -- 2. Democratic transition and consolidation (1989-1998) -- 2.1 The context and the key determinants of reforms -- 2.2 Structural changes, 2.3 Operations and work processes -- 2.4 The civil service system -- 3. Presidentialism and governmental capacity building (1998-2010) -- 3.1 The context and the key determinants of reforms -- 3.2 Structural changes -- 3.3 Operations and work processes -- 3.4 The civil service system -- 4. Illiberal democracy and "Orbanization" (2010-2014) -- 4.1 The context and the key determinans of reforms -- 4.2 Structural changes -- 4.3 Operations and work processes -- 4.4 The civil service system -- Conclusions: Hungarian reform patterns -- References -- Public administration reforms in Poland, Introduction -- 1. Public administration before 1989 -- 2. Public Administration after 1989 -- 2.1 Structural efforts and unsatisfactory results -- 2.2 Critical assessment of Implemented Reforms -- 2.3 The problem of the politicization -- 2.4 Etatist model of public governance -- 2.5 The role of human capital -- 2.6 The role of analytical skills -- 2.7 Organizational culture -- 3. Best practices and recommendations for implementation in other V4 countries -- References -- Developments and Reforms in Public Administration in Slovak Republic (Critical assessment of selected implemented NPM tools), Short introduction -- 1. Description of public administration prior transition in 1989 -- 1.1 Historical development of territorial and administrative arrangement in the territory of the Slovak Republic until the foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary -- 1.2 Territorial and administrative arrangement until 1918 -- 1.3 Territorial arrangement of Slovakia from the foundation of the Czechoslovak Republic to 1945 -- 1.4 Public administration in Slovakia after the WW II -- 2. Development of the public administration system after transition

Print version: Comparative public management, Introduction : comparative public management : a framework for analysis / Laurence J. O'Toole and Kenneth J. Meier -- Administrative capacity and health care in Africa : path dependence as a contextual variable / Cameron Wimpy, Marlette Jackson, and Kenneth J. Meier -- Environmental complexity and public service performance in England : does organizational strategy matter? / Rhys Andrews -- Do public-private differences matter? Managerial characteristics and organizational performance across sectors of U.S. higher education / Amanda Rutherford and Claire Stieg -- The better you look, the more you see : non-linear effects of managerial networking hidden in the research setting of Dutch primary education / René Torenvlied and Agnes Akkerman -- Loyal agents or saboteurs? Performance-increasing policies and public service motivation among hospital workers in Denmark / Mads Leth Jakobsen, Anne Mette Kjeldsen, Thomas Pallesen -- Municipal spending delegation in Honduras : does decision context matter? / Claudia N. Avellaneda -- Explaining expansion of Brazilian municipal revenues : do political context or managerial background influence grant acquisition? / Ricardo C. Gomes and Claudia N. Avellaneda -- Conclusion : the role of context moving forward : the international research agenda / Amanda Rutherford, Laurence J. O'Toole and Kenneth J. Meier

Print version: Malewska-Szałygin, Anna ; Social imaginaries of the state and central authorities in Polish Highland villages, 1999-2005

An improved science of administration : administration and the American founding -- Well-regulated and free : administration and constitutionalism in the early republic -- Executive-centered administration : administrative law and constitutionalism during the Jacksonian era -- The beginning of bureaucracy? administrative power after the Civil War -- A new science of administration : progressivism and the administrative state -- The crisis of legitimacy : the New Deal challenge to American constitutionalism -- A surrogate political process : the 1970s administrative law revolution -- The conservative counterrevolution? the rise of a jurisprudence of deference -- The ongoing crisis of legitimacy

Print version: Matějová, Lenka ; Current Trends in Public Sector Research : Proceedings of the 21st International Conference