1st Edition

Handbook of Globalization, Governance, and Public Administration

Edited By Ali Farazmand, Jack Pinkowski Copyright 2006
    1208 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Globalization transcends borders and cultures as it develops both from the natural flow of information and communication technologies and as a directed and driven quest for global hegemony by self-serving corporations and world political heavyweights. It bears a multifaceted web of influence that manifests in inequalities in growth, prosperity, and accountability in varying social, cultural, and economic contexts.

    The Handbook of Globalization, Governance, and Public Administration is the first comprehensive resource that untangles this complex knot of issues. Mapping the multi-layered relationships among the individuals, local and national governments, international organizations, global corporations, natural resources and the world market, this encyclopedic volume is both a primer and a guide for researchers, academics, and policymakers both public and private.

    The book demonstrates in broad terms how globalization presents new threats to national sovereignty, the environment and public health, tends to increase worldwide inequality, and produces global insecurity. Using country-specific cases, the essays examine the role of bureaucracy and market orientation in Hong Kong and China, the new position of public-private partnerships in Africa as protectors instead of exploiters of the people, a Russian implementation of incentive systems to maintain local growth, and the fruitless corruption of a land development scheme in India. Ethics and the need for future global consciousness is illustrated by energy policy, which pits consumers and business interests against local communities and is moderated only by supranational organizations.

    The solution calls for sustainable development to be grounded in community-based institutions while governments seek growth through market expansion worldwide. Concerns for public health, climate change, and sustainable energy are growing in the global village and understanding the multi-dimensional chess game is key to survival.

    SECTION I: CONCEPTS, MEANINGS, AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
    Globalization: A Theoretical Analysis with Implications for
    Governance and Public Administration
    Cultural Globalization
    Planning for Change: Globalization and American Public
    Administration

    SECTION II: CONSEQUENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
    The Challenge of Globalization to Public Administration Identity Globalization and Its Impact on Strategic Security
    Nation-Building: An Appraisal
    Globalization and the Regulation of Professions
    Globalization and Media Coverage of Public Administration
    The Etiology of Transnational Health Security in the Age of
    Globalization
    Globalization and Public Administration Education: A Process of Mutual Transformation in the Former Soviet Union and
    Central and Eastern Europe

    SECTION III: CONSEQUENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR
    GOVERNANCE
    Globalization and Information and Communications
    Technology Influences on Democratic Governance
    Regional Integration, Regionalism and Public Administration:
    Bridging the Global-National Divide in Decision Making and
    Policy Implementation
    Globalization and Governance: Explaining Success and Failure
    Global Governance, the UN Secretariat, and International Public
    Administration: An Essay
    Global Governance and National Governance: How Mutually
    Exclusive
    Good Governance: Its Theory and Practice in India
    Globalization and Governance in the Former East Germany:
    The European Union Factor

    SECTION IV: GLOBALIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM AND REORGANIZATION
    Global Administrative Reforms and Transformation of
    Governance and Public Administration
    Globalization of Administrative Reforms: The Dilemmas of Combining Political Control and Increased Institutional
    Autonomy
    Globalization, Regulatory Regimes, and Administrative
    Modernization in Developing Nations: Toward a Theoretical
    Framework
    Promising the Future or Just Empty Promises? The Paradoxes and Perils of Human Resource Management Reform in a Global Context
    Deconstructing the Nation-State Bureaucracies:
    Supranationalization and Regionalization as Polarizing Forces in the New Europe

    SECTION V: ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM AND REORGANIZATION IN ASIA-PACIFIC
    Adapting Asia and the Asia-Pacific Public Administration to a
    Globalizing World: Some Lessons from Experience
    Recent Major Administrative Reforms: Japan's Response to Global and Domestic Challenges
    Administrative Reforms in China: Globalization or Localization?
    Globalization, Bureaucracy, and Administrative Reform
    in Hong Kong
    Chinese Administrative Reform: A Genie in a Bottle
    Privatization in Africa: The Case of Botswana
    Globalization and Administrative Reforms: A Case Study of a
    Globalizing City (Gurgaon) in India
    The Effect of the African Growth and Opportunity Act on the Textile and Apparel Industry in South Africa
    Nature of Decentralized Governance in Africa: Obstacles and
    Measures for Strengthening Decentralization for Good Governance
    Good Governance: A Model for India
    Transnational Corporations, Development, and
    Underdevelopment
    New Views on North-South Relations of Imperialism
    Assessing Sustainable Development Administration:
    A Framework and Implications for Organizational Structure
    International Development Management: Definitions, Debates, and Dilemmas
    The World Bank and Postconflict Reconstruction
    The Effects of Governance on Competitiveness in India, China, and Mexico
    The Globalization of Public Administration: Rhetoric, Reality, and Reason in Ghana

    SECTION VI: GLOBALIZATION: ISSUES IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
    New Public Management: Theory, Ideology, and Practice
    Global Ethics in the 21st Century: An Alternative Approach
    Subnational Governments and Globalization: The Changing Face of Federalism
    Globalization and Energy
    Globalization within Countries in Conflict: The Energy Company Case
    Competitive Advantage and Market Organizations in the
    21st Century: Market Driving or Market Driven
    Revenues and Expenditures in Russian Oblasts: The Changing Role of Financing State and Local Public Services
    The Earth Charter: Toward a New Global Environmental Ethic
    Globalization: The Changing Nature of Education and
    Training for Administration of Government
    Global Health and Human Rights: Challenges for Public
    Health Administrators in an Era of Interdependence and Mobility
    The Globalization of Public Budgeting in the United States
    Global Climatic Stabilization: Challenges for Public Administration in China and the United States
    World Crisis in Public Service and Administration

    Biography

    Ali Farazmand, Jack Pinkowski