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Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Exploring the manifold relationships between religion and public
administration, this topical book conceptualises and theorises the
diverse influence of religions on the functioning of public
administrative systems across the globe. International and
comparative in approach, this book analyses the social and public
dimensions to religion and its interplay with public administration
as a field of social scientific inquiry and an area of professional
activity. Taking methodological agnosticism as its sociological
perspective to the study of the religious experience, chapters
focus on Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintoism, Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam to examine diverse religious compositions
across both secularised and non-secularised societies and political
regimes. The book uses a distinctive theoretical lens to analyse
the influence of religions on organisational fit, public service
motivation, individual and organisational behaviours and values,
bureaucratic discretion, government funding, the delivery of public
services, and the dynamics of social cohesion overall. It provides
a fresh perspective on religion as a source of legitimacy and basis
of accountability, responsibility, and delegation of power in
public administration, institutional quality, and ethics. Students
and scholars interested in the religious dimensions to public
administration, policy, governance and management will find use in
this book’s theoretical analyses. Its empirical findings will
also be valuable to policymakers working in public administration
and leaders of faith organisations engaged in public services.
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