Democracy and Public Management Reform: Building the Republican State

by Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira

Overview

Written by a distinguished Brazilian academic with effective political experience in reforming the state, this is an innovative analysis of the effects of public management reform on the new state of the twenty-first century. The result is essential reading for all those with an interest in globalization, the politics of the state, and government reform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199261185
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/16/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	9.44(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Getulio Vargas Foundation

Table of Contents

PrefaceIntroductionPart I: The Rise of the Modern State1. Historical Forms of State2. From the Absolute to the Liberal, and to the Liberal-Democratic State3. From the Liberal to the Social Democratic State4. The Crisis of the Social-Democratic State5. The Emergence of Republican Rights6. Globalization and the Need for a Strong State7. The New Social-Liberal and Republican StatePart II: Reforming Public Administration8. Bureaucratic and Civil Service Reform9. Public Management Reform in PracticePart III: Public Management Reform10. Public Management Reform11. The Basic Model12. Devolution and Decentralization13. Autonomous Agencies14. Social Organizations15. Managing from the Strategic Core16. The Range of Control MechanismsPart IV: Theories and the Reform17. Theoretical-Ideological Orientations18. Public Choice and Organization Theory19. The Reform's CriticsPart V: The Politics of Reform20. The Democratic Constraint21. Bureaucrats' Autonomy and AccountabilityConclusion: Democratic, Liberal, Social, and RepublicanReferences

Editorial Reviews

"The world needs talented visionaries, steeped in scholarship and engrossed in practice, such as Bresser-Pereira, a highly regarded intellectual and practitioner of public management and a former (1995-98) minister of reform of Brazil. Highly recommended."—CHOICE

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