Tradition and Public Administration

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PART I INTRODUCTION The Analysis of Administrative Traditions M.Painter & B.G.Peters PART II EMPRICAL ANALYSIS OF ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITIONS Administrative Traditions in Comparative Perspective: Families, Groups and Hybrids M.Painter & B.G.Peters Checks and Balance in China's Administrative Traditions: a Preliminary Assessment A.B.L.Cheung Administrative Tradition in India: Issues of Convergence, Persistence, Divergence and Challenges O.P.Dwivedi & D.S.Mishra Traditions and Bureaucracy in Bangladesh A.S.Huque Where Administrative Traditions are Alien: Implications for Reform in Africa G.Hyden Legacies Remembered, Lessons Forgotten: The Case of Japan M.Painter Public Service Bargains in British Central Government: Multiplication, Diversification and Reassertion? M.Lodge Public Administration in the United States: Anglo-American, Just American, or Which American? B.G.Peters The Fate of Administrative Tradition in Anglophone Countries during the Reform Era J.Halligan PART III LEGACY EFFECTS: ADMINISTRATIVE REFROM AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITION The Future of Administrative Tradition: Tradition as Ideas and Structure K.Yesilkagit Path-Dependent and Path-Breaking Changes in the French Administrative System: the Weight of Legacy Explanations P.Bezes The Napoleonic Administrative Tradition and Public Management Reform in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain E.Ongaro Administrative Reform in Sweden: The Resilience of Administrative Tradition? J.Pierre In Search of the Shadow of the Past: Legacy Explanations and Administrative Reform in Post-Communist East Central Europe J-H. Meyer-Sahling The New Member States of the European Union: Constructed and Historical Traditions and Reform Trajectories T.Verheijen Conclusion: Administrative Traditions in an Era of Administrative Change M.Painter & B.G.Peters