Public Administration in the 21st Century: A Global South Perspective

Public Administration has experienced a fundamental rethinking of its basic objectives, concepts, and theories during the 21st century.

This book examines transformations happening in global societies, the economy, and in politics, to trace the trajectory of public administration as an academic discipline, as well as being a focus of social science research. It presents a reassessment of governance in heterogeneous developing countries that goes beyond the traditional Weberian bureaucratic m...