Building Strong Nations : Improving Governability and Public Management (Hardcover)

Introduction Strong Nations, Weak Nations, and the Enigma of Effective Governability; Part I The State of Modern Nations and the Rebirth of an Old Paradox; Chapter 1 Theoretical Approaches to Nation Building; Chapter 2 Dilemmas of Governability Under Democratic and Bureaucratic Constraints; Part II Caught Between Democracy and Bureaucracy: An Anthology of Empirical Examinations; Chapter 3 The Power of Bureaucracy: Managerial Quality and Performance; Chapter 4 1Some sections of this chapter are based on ; Chapter 5 Empirical Evidence: A Longitudinal National Study of Bureaucracy and Democracy in Israel; Part III Strong Nations and Reconciliation of the Democratic?Bureaucratic Paradox: Several Alternatives; Chapter 6 1Some sections of this chapter are based on . Reproduced with permission of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., Westport, CT. Also E. Vigoda, “From responsiveness to collaboration: Governance, citizens, and the next generation of public administration,” Public Administration Review (2002); Chapter 7 1Some sections in this chapter are based on ; Chapter 8 1Some sections in this chapter are based on , and ; Chapter 9 Building Strong Nations by Effective Governability in a Democratic Cosmos;