The Politics Of Public Sector Performance: Pockets Of Effectiveness In Developing Countries (routledge Research In Comparative Politics)
by Michael Roll /
2013 / English / PDF
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It is widely believed that the state in developing countries is
weak. The public sector, in particular, is often regarded as
corrupt and dysfunctional. This book provides an urgently needed
corrective to such overgeneralized notions of bad governance in
the developing world. It examines the variation in state capacity
by looking at a particularly paradoxical and frequently
overlooked phenomenon: effective public organizations or ‘pockets
of effectiveness’ in developing countries.
It is widely believed that the state in developing countries is
weak. The public sector, in particular, is often regarded as
corrupt and dysfunctional. This book provides an urgently needed
corrective to such overgeneralized notions of bad governance in
the developing world. It examines the variation in state capacity
by looking at a particularly paradoxical and frequently
overlooked phenomenon: effective public organizations or ‘pockets
of effectiveness’ in developing countries.
Why do these pockets exist? How do they emerge and survive in
hostile environments? And do they have the potential to trigger
more comprehensive reforms and state-building? This book provides
surprising answers to these questions, based on detailed case
studies of exceptional public organizations and state-owned
enterprises in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and the
Middle East. The case studies are guided by a common analytical
framework that is process-oriented and sensitive to the role of
politics. The concluding comparative analysis develops a novel
explanation for why some public organizations in the developing
world beat the odds and turn into pockets of public sector
performance and service delivery while most do not.
Why do these pockets exist? How do they emerge and survive in
hostile environments? And do they have the potential to trigger
more comprehensive reforms and state-building? This book provides
surprising answers to these questions, based on detailed case
studies of exceptional public organizations and state-owned
enterprises in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and the
Middle East. The case studies are guided by a common analytical
framework that is process-oriented and sensitive to the role of
politics. The concluding comparative analysis develops a novel
explanation for why some public organizations in the developing
world beat the odds and turn into pockets of public sector
performance and service delivery while most do not.
This book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of
political science, sociology, development, organizations, public
administration, public policy and management.
This book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of
political science, sociology, development, organizations, public
administration, public policy and management.