Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and functio

Contributors examine the persistence of administrative patterns in the face of pressures for globablization by developing a concept of administrative traditions

Public administration is commonly assumed to be a young discipline, rooted in law and political science, with little history of its own. Likewise, teaching and

This book examines contemporary public administration and its historical roots, and how those traditions continue to influence administrative behaviour.

The past two decades have been marked by a period of substantial and often fundamental change in public administration. Critically reflecting on the utility of