Product Description: What is the relationship between changes in modern states and the current practice of public administration, on the one hand, and recent developments in the sciences of administration on the other? The contributors to this unique book address this fundamental question by surveying the origins, evolution and the contemporary state-of-the-art of administrative sciences in Europe and the United States...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Examining the development of public administration from the late 18th century to the present, this text offers a comparative history of public administration in Europe. It considers current problems and controversies in public administration, as well as exploring possible remedies...read more

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