| Development Administration in the Caribbean: Independent Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Walker, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333987195 ISBN-13: 9780333987193 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: A detailed and historical account of both theory and practice, this book attempts to make sense of the loose and little understood field of development administration. The book focuses on development administration over 40 years and identifies key attributes of public bureaucracy which are associated with bureaucratic performance. The associations between bureaucracy's attributes and performance are employed in explaining development differences between Jamaica, Trinidad, and Tobago over the period 1960-1995. Associations are explored at the macro level through aggregate data and at the micro level through fascinating case studies of the Industrial Development Corporations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 338 |
| LCCN: 2001058218 |
| Series: Institute of Social Studies, the Hague |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 8.26" (1.18 lbs) 257 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A detailed and historical account of both theory and practice, this book attempts to make sense of the loose and little understood field of development administration. The book focuses on development administration over forty years and identifies key attributes of public bureaucracy which are associated with bureaucratic performance. The associations between bureaucracy's attributes and performance are employed in explaining development differences between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago over the period 1960-1995. Associations are explored at the macro level through aggregate data and at the micro level through fascinating case studies of the Industrial Development Corporations (IDCs), associated with economic growth, and the Ministry of Education, associated with women's empowerment. The study establishes clear patterns of associations in the empirical cases and explores the implications of these findings for the theory of development administration. |