Global Pressures and Public Administration
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What fundamental shift in the role of the state is being advocated for according to the text?

  • From a universal provider to a sole enforcer
  • From a universal provider to a free-market system
  • From a universal provider to an authoritarian regime
  • From a universal provider to a partner, catalyst, and facilitator (correct)

    • Which concept challenges the traditional public interest theory of democratic government?

  • Public choice theory (correct)
  • Bureaucratic inefficiency theory
  • Government benevolence theory
  • Economic power theory

    • Who are some of the scholars mentioned in the text who have played a leading role in public choice theory?

  • Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin
  • James Buchnan, Mancus Olson, Adam Smith
  • John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Duncan Black, Gordon Tullock, Kenneth Arrow (correct)

    • In the context of political economy, what is the main focus of concern?

    <p>Relationship between politics and economics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the public choice theory introduce into public administration?

    <p>Competition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has necessitated the fundamental rethinking on the role of the state?

    <p>Failure to provide basic and minimum services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three major global pressures that are changing the character of the state and the nature of public administration?

    <p>(a) Information technology, (b) global institutions, and (c) efficiency and productivity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does information technology enable public administration to work efficiently and effectively?

    <p>By enhancing its capacity to reorganize and restructure, and affecting the speed and direction of information flow</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of global institutions on the policies undertaken by individual countries?

    <p>Global institutions exert pressure on the policies undertaken by individual countries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the main results of the constant pressures of globalization on public sector organizations?

    <p>Streamlining, downsizing, privatizing, and new ways of managing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of the public sector organizations in a resource-scarce world according to the text?

    <p>To enhance their productivity by increasing efficiency</p> Signup and view all the answers

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