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The book focuses on the mutual implications of bureaucratic neutrality and democracy from the perspective of societies formerly under authoritarian regimes. It explores the impact of democratization on bureaucratic neutrality as well as the implications of neutral bureaucracies for democracy. Theoretical and conceptual dimensions of the subject are spelled out, and specialists discuss case studies from Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia, therefore compounding a broad panel of the challenges and opportunities confronting the democratization process throughout the world.
List of contents
Notes on the Contributors - Preface and Acknowledgements - In memory of Dr Haile Asmerom; E.P.Reis - PART 1: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES - Introduction - The Concept of Neutrality; G.E.Caiden - Neutrality and Professionalism in the Public Service; D.Argyriades - Democracy and the Neutrality of Public Bureaucracy; M.S. de Vries ; PART 2: DEMOCRATIZATION AND BUREAUCRATIC NEUTRALITY WITH REFERENCE TO EASTERN EUROPE - Reforming East European Bureaucracy: Does the American Experience Apply?; V.Gabrielian & F.Fisher ; The Impact of Bureaucratization in Central and Eastern Europe: With Special Reference to Poland; R.Pitschas - Dilemmas of Reorganizing the Bureaucracy in Poland during Democratic Transformation; Jerzy J. Wiatr ; PART 3: DEMOCRATIZATION AND BUREAUCRATIC NEUTRALITY WITH REFERENCE TO AFRICAN COUNTRIES - Democratization and the Issue of Neutrality in Nigeria; D.Olowu - Democratization and the Neutrality of Public Bureaucracy in Multi-Ethnic Societies: The Case of Ethiopia; H.K.Asmerom ; Neutral Bureaucracy in African Multi-Party Bureaucracies: The Experience of Botswana; K.C.Sharma ; PART 4: DEMOCRATIZATION AND BUREAUCRATIC NEUTRALITY WITH REFERENCES TO LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES - Bureaucratic Elite, Political Culture and Democratization in Brazil; E.P.Reis & Z.B.Cheibub ; Democratization, Unionism and Neutrality of Bureaucracy: The Case of the Bank of Brazil; M.das Gracas Rua ; PART 5: DEMOCRATIZATION AND BUREAUCRATIC NEUTRALITY WITH REFERENCE TO ASIAN COUNTRIES - The Yes Minister Syndrome in India; M.Pinto ; Civil Service Neutrality in Hong Kong; I.Scott - Transforming the Singapore Civil Service for National Development; J.S.T.Quah - Bureaucracy in a Changing Culture; S.Soemardjan - Index
