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Administrative Culture in Developing and Transitional Countries (Paperback)
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Administrative Culture in Developing and Transitional Countries (Paperback)
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The book explores theoretical, methodological, and empirical
underpinnings of administrative culture as well as prospects and
challenges associated with it in the context of and across
developing and transitional countries. Referring to dominant norms
and values in public organizations administrative culture is about
the attitudes and perceptions of public officials. In many
countries civil servants are criticised for being corrupt,
incompetent, unreliable and self-centred. Their attitudes, norms
and values and the way they act are in constant conflict with rule
of law. Recently the virtues of the Weberian model of bureaucracy
have been reclaimed as an alternative to New Public Management
(NPM): i.e. as a model which emphasizes impartiality,
rule-following, expertise, and hierarchy rather than manipulation
of incentive structures and market competition. In particular it
has been argued that a system of meritocratic recruitment and
predictable, long-term careers increases the professional
competence of the bureaucrats and fosters a culture of
professionalism among them. Still it is unclear how and under what
conditions such a model can be adopted. Among main hindrances seems
to be established power structures and the existing political and
societal culture which undermine the effective implementation of
the Weberian model. This book was published as a special issue of
the International Journal of Public Administration.
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