In this new approach to a comparative text in public management, Randall Baker examines how, why, and to what extent the public sector around the world has shared in the management revolution. The book is designed to isolate and demonstrate the essential American-ness of the United States' public service by holding it up to the mirror of other developed democracies. While there are lessons to be learned from other countries, Baker and his expert contributors examine the complexities of making comparisons across cultures, even within broadly similar democratic systems, and urban-industrial economies.The volume concludes with a list of sectoral cases. These comprise most of the main dimensions of public-sector activity around the world. They are the main elements of many graduate professional degrees in public affairs, and the material has been written with the needs of both practitioners and teachers in mind. This is essential reading for all concerned with public management and administration as well as comparative government.

The first truly comparative text in public management.

Foreword by Alfred M. ZuckPrologueComparative Public Management: Coming In from the Cold by Randall BakerThe Impact of International Trade and Direct Foreign Investment on the National and Subnational Levels: An Overview by Curtis VentrissThe Importance of Comparative Study in Educating the U.S. Public Service by Richard W. RyanWhy Has Bureaucracy Not Smothered Democracy in the United States? by Fred W. RiggsDemocracy versus Bureaucracy: Transforming the Nature of the Civil Service in Bulgaria by Randall BakerTheory and Methodology in the Study of Comparative Public Administration by B. Guy PetersComparative Civil Service Research: The Strategic Agenda by Eugene B. McGregor and Paul SolanoAdministrative Reform by Gerald CaidenComparative Perspectives on Public Finance by Larry SchroederThe Management of Public Budgeting by Naomi CaidenProjects, Plans, and Programs by Steven H. Arnold and E. Philip MorganComparative Intergovernmental Relations by Robert AgranoffCentral Issues in Comparative Analysis of Criminal Justice Systems and Criminal Policy: The Need for a Comparative Approach by Wolfgang DechselHuman Resources Management by Lois R. WiseEnvironmental Policy and Management in the European Community and the United States, A Comparison by Mariette C. S. GlimInformation Resource Management: A Framework for Comparison by Rolland HurtubiseComparative Industrial Policy by Roy W. ShinPrivatization: A Comparative Focus by Donald E. FullerIndex