Covering the public sector in both more and less developed nations, this volume sheds light on the means by which the - fourth branch of government - can be made both effective and suited to the local culture.

The contributors to Comparative Bureaucratic Systems advance our understanding of public administration via broad-ranging research and incisive analysis. Covering the public sector in both more and less developed nations, this book sheds new light on the means by which the "fourth branch of government" can be made both effective and suited to the local culture. This collection is a valuable resource for scholars of political science as well as for practictioners of public administration in the United States and abroad.