Administrative Ethics and Development

Administrative Ethics and Development establishes a clear and vital connection between administrative ethics, successful modern economies, and good democratic governments in both the industrialized and the developing countries.

Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor is presently a tenured Professor of Public Administration in the School of Policy and Management of the College of Health and Urban Affairs at Florida International University (FIU)

List of Tables

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction

xiii

Part I Ethics and Development in an International Comparative Framework

1

(50)

Micro-Bureaucracies and Development Administration

3

(14)

Micro-Bureaucracies

4

(2)

Political Micro-Bureaucracies

4

(1)

Administrative Micro-Bureaucracies

5

(1)

Tensions in Political Micro-Bureaucracies

6

(3)

Fear of Political Destruction

6

(1)

Political Competition

7

(1)

The Large Size of the Bureaucracy

8

(1)

The Presence of the Military

8

(1)

Tensions in Administrative Micro-Bureaucracies

9

(3)

Instability of the Political System

9

(1)

Disparity Between Bureaucratic Goals or Ideals and Existing Conditions

10

(1)

Lack of Bureaucratic Expertise

10

(1)

Strict Adherence to Traditional Values

11

(1)

Varying Degrees of Formal Education

12

(1)

The Role of the Micro-Bureaucracies in Development Administration

12

(1)

Recommendations for Research

13

(4)

The Struggle of Small and Island States' Bureaucracies to Develop Traditional Ethical Values

17

(18)

A Profile of the Small and Island States

19

(1)

The Bureaucracies of Small and Island States

19

(2)

The Struggle of the Bureaucracies to Develop Administrative Ethics

21

(4)

The Future of Administrative Ethics in the Small and Island States

25

(10)

Conflicts Between the Bureaucracy and its Clientele: A Comparative Approach to Administrative Ethics

35

(16)

Sources of Conflicts

35

(8)

In Industrialized Countries

35

(4)

In Developing Countries

39

(4)

The Administrative Ethics Prescription

43

(7)

A Summing-Up

50

(1)

Part II Ethics and Development in the Non-Western World

51

(20)

Risks and Conflicts in Centralized State Intervention in Development Organizations

53

(6)

The Application of Max Weber's Model in Non-Western Public Bureaucracies

59

(12)

Problems of Public Policy Formulation

60

(1)

Administrative Prerequisites to Effectiveness of International Assistance

61

(2)

Ambivalence Concerning Decentralization

63

(4)

Distortion of the Weberian Model

67

(4)

Part III Ethics and Development in Latin America

71

(32)

Latin American Ancient Civilizations and Their Administrative Legacies

73

(16)

Unorganized and Inefficient Bureaucracy

74

(3)

The Aztecs

74

(1)

The Mayas

75

(1)

The Incas

75

(2)

Inadequate and Unfair Tax Collection System

77

(2)

The Aztecs

77

(1)

The Mayas

78

(1)

The Incas

78

(1)

Nugatory Agricultural Practices

79

(3)

The Aztecs

79

(1)

The Mayas

80

(1)

The Incas

81

(1)

A Warped Judicial Order

82

(2)

The Aztecs

82

(1)

The Mayas

83

(1)

The Incas

83

(1)

A Poor Educational System

84

(2)

The Aztecs

84

(1)

The Mayas

85

(1)

The Incas

85

(1)

Administrative Legacies

86

(3)

A Model for Planning Ethical Training Abroad: The Case of Guatemala and Mexico

89

(14)

Consistent Law and Order

91

(1)

Financial Stability and Absence of Severe Inflation

92

(1)

Provision of a Minimal Public Service Statute

93

(1)

Peaceful Means for Resolving Conflicts

94

(1)

Orderly, Publicly Accepted Means of Transfer of Power

95

(1)

An Equitable Tax System

96

(1)

Agrarian Reform

96

(1)

Development of a High Degree of Consensus

97

(1)

Progressive Increase in the Flow of Domestic Capital

98

(1)

Honest and Effective Public Administration

99

(1)

Conclusions

100

(3)

Part IV Ethics and Development in Africa

103

(24)

Administrative Accountability in Africa

105

(8)

Administrative Accountability

107

(1)

Accountability in Africa

108

(3)

Conclusions

111

(2)

The Problems with Administrative Reform in a Ministate: The Case of Sao Tome and Principe

113

(14)

The Socio-Economics Setting

115

(3)

The Objectives of the Reform Project

118

(5)

Project Strategy

119

(4)

Obstacles to Reform in STP

123

(4)

Part V Ethics and Development in the United States

127

(32)

Impact of New Immigrants' Needs on South Florida Public Service

129

(18)

Immigrants in South Florida

130

(5)

The Cubans

131

(2)

The Haitians

133

(1)

The Nicaraguans

134

(1)

Their Impact on the Public Service

135

(5)

Welfare

135

(1)

Housing

136

(1)

Public Health

137

(1)

Education

138

(1)

Law Enforcement

139

(1)

Lessons Learned and Some Solutions

140

(4)

Neighborhood City Halls

141

(1)

Bureaucratic Empowerment

141

(2)

An Hispanic Round Table

143

(1)

Conclusions

144

(3)

Ethical Issues in the Use of the Internet

147

(12)

Cryptography

148

(3)

Advertising on the Internet

151

(4)

Ethical Issues and Difficulties Regulating the Internet

155

(4)

Bibliography

159

(14)

Subject Index

173

(14)

Author Index

187

(4)

About the Author

191

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