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Contents.........................................................................................7
Preface............................................................................................9
Foreword........................................................................................17
Introduction. La notion d’espace administratif...........................23
Trois notions étroitement reliées....................................................23
1. La notion d’Ea comme énoncé d’une condition........................25
1.1. Formation de la notion....................................................25
1.2. Contenu de la notion : espace normatif limité..................27
2. La notion d’Ea : élément d’une construction............................28
2.1. Deux utilisations..............................................................29
2.2. Imperfections et remèdes..................................................30
2.3. Professionnalisation et Ea................................................32
Références.....................................................................................33
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’espace administratif européen et ses implications :
le cas du professionnalisme de la fonction publique
dans les pays d’Europe continentale.......................................35
Résumé..........................................................................................35
Introduction..................................................................................37
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1. Une esquisse de la fonction publique européenne : les raisons
de sa formation et ses traits communs......................................39
1.1. Les raisons historiques d’une fonction publique
statocentrique...................................................................39
1.1.1. Les fonctionnaires, serviteurs de l’État weberien..40
1.1.2. Le rôle de la haute fonction publique européenne.40
1.2. Les grands traits du régime de la fonction publique
en Europe continentale.....................................................42
1.2.1. La primauté du système de carrière
des fonctionnaires.................................................42
1.2.2. Le recours au système d’emploi comme garantie
contre l’arbitraire et le clientélisme.......................43
2. Les fonctions publiques de l’Europe continentale
en mouvement : vers un renforcement du professionnalisme
des agents publics.....................................................................45
2.1. Les moyens de ce mouvement..........................................45
2.1.1. La « mobilité intracommunautaire »
et son impact sur les fonctions publiques d’Europe
continentale..........................................................45
2.1.2. La gestion « managériale » des agents publics
en Europe continentale.........................................49
2.2. Les risques de réformes récentes portant
sur la professionnalisation de la fonction publique
européenne.......................................................................55
2.2.1. Les risques au regard des principes régissant
la fonction publique.............................................55
2.2.2. Les risques au regard des valeurs professionnelles
des fonctionnaires.................................................59
2.3. Des remèdes proposés......................................................61
Bibliographie.................................................................................64
II – La Gestión del Espacio Público Latinoamericano:
Una Responsabilidad Compartida..........................................71
Abstracto.......................................................................................71
1.Introducción.............................................................................72
2. Lo Público vs lo Privado..........................................................73
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3.Gobierno..................................................................................76
3.1. Gobernación: Esquema Básico de Políticas
relativas al ejercicio del Poder Público.............................79
3.2. La Gestión Gubernamental es un factor
determinante en la generación de “Políticas
Gubernamentales”...........................................................81
3.3. La Gobernabilidad coadyuva a la formulación
de “políticas públicas”.....................................................84
3.4. La Gobernanza deviene en “Políticas Ciudadanas”..........87
4. El Espacio Público....................................................................89
5. El Espacio Público Latinoamericano........................................90
6.Propuestas................................................................................92
Bibliografía....................................................................................93
III – Ideological Differences in Administrative Reform:
the Current Demotion of Public Service in Key
Anglo-American Democracies..............................................95
Abstract.........................................................................................96
Introduction..................................................................................96
1. The Association of the Anglo-American Democracies..............98
2. The United Kingdom................................................................100
2.1. Tradition Barely Copes....................................................100
2.2.Thatcherism.....................................................................102
2.3. New Labour.....................................................................104
2.4. Big Society........................................................................106
3. New Zealand............................................................................108
3.1. Economic Salvation..........................................................109
3.2. The New Public Management is Modified.......................111
3.3. The Hybrid Model...........................................................113
4.Australia...................................................................................114
4.1. Changing Course..............................................................115
4.2. The Moran Report...........................................................116
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5.Canada.....................................................................................119
5.1. No Slouch........................................................................119
5.2.Revitalisation...................................................................121
5.3. Perpetual Issues................................................................122
6. United States............................................................................123
6.1. The Power of New Thinking............................................124
6.2. American Exceptionalism.................................................127
6.3. Obama Stays the Course..................................................130
References.....................................................................................132
IV – Ideological Differences in Administrative Reform
Behind the Hollowing Out of the Administrative
State........................................................................................139
Abstract.........................................................................................139
Introduction..................................................................................140
1. Common Cause........................................................................143
2.Globalisation............................................................................144
3. Americanisation or American Exceptionalism?........................146
4. Spendthrift Government...........................................................148
5. Purse Strings.............................................................................150
6. Different Drummers.................................................................152
7. A Distant Compromise?...........................................................154
8. More for Less...........................................................................156
9. Progressive Reform; Not Retreat Is Required...........................157
10.Collaborative Governance........................................................158
11.The Changing Nature of Work.................................................159
12.The Locus of Administrative Reform.......................................163
13.Fresh Thinking.........................................................................166
14.Current Challenges and Questions...........................................168
References.....................................................................................169
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V – Towards Professionalism in Africa’s Public Service:
Professionalising Human Resources Management
in the Public Sector.................................................................175
Abstract.........................................................................................176
Introduction: the Problematic of Human Resource Management
and Professionalism in Public Service, in Africa.......................177
1. Initiating the Africa Public Sector Human Resource
Managers Network (APS-HRMnet).........................................180
2. Some of the Issues, Challenges and Problems Targeted
by the Establishment of the APS-HRMnet...............................180
3. Objectives of the APS-HRMnet................................................182
4. Activities of the APS-HRMnet..................................................183
5. Support from the Political Leadership responsible
for Public Service in Africa.......................................................184
6. Support from the Managerial Leadership of the Public
Service in Africa.......................................................................187
7. Developing Professionalism Ought to be Premised
on a Common Understanding of ‘Professionalism’...................188
8. Professionalism among Public Officials....................................191
9. Specific Traits of Professionalism May Vary from Organisation
to Organisation........................................................................194
10.Where Has Professionalism Gone Wrong?...............................196
11.“Quiet Corruption” and Decline in Service Delivery................197
12.Developing Professionalism in the Public Service.....................199
Concluding Remarks.....................................................................200
References.....................................................................................203
VI – Transition in the Governance of the Arab States................205
Abstract.........................................................................................205
Introduction..................................................................................206
1.Governance..............................................................................209
2. The Arab States........................................................................210
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3. Common Traditions and Characteristics..................................210
4. Challenges to Arab Governance...............................................212
5. The Barriers to Professionalism in Arab Public
Administration.........................................................................216
6. Restructuring Authority and Building Capacity........................221
7. The Arab Spring and Governance............................................222
8. Restructuring the Political Authority System............................223
9. Building Administrative Capacity.............................................224
10.Managing with Changed Governance:
Concluding Remarks................................................................228
References.....................................................................................232
VII – Restoring Professionalism to South Asian Public
Services in a Global Context...............................................237
Abstract.........................................................................................237
Introduction..................................................................................238
Part I.............................................................................................240
1. A Reality Check.......................................................................240
2. Corruption: a Major Concern..................................................241
3. Current Movements Against Corruption..................................245
4. The British Legacy....................................................................247
5. Professionalism – an Overview.................................................250
Part II............................................................................................254
1. Civil Service Reforms and their Aftermath...............................254
2. Reforming Civil Service in India...............................................254
3. Civil Services Reforms in Pakistan............................................255
4. Civil Service Reforms in Bangladesh and Elsewhere.................256
5. The Challenge ahead: a Needed Paradigm Shift.......................257
6. Rekindling Ethical and Professional Values..............................258
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7. Curtailing Election Expenses; Increasing the Risk
to Corrupt................................................................................260
8. New Ways of Fighting Corruption...........................................261
Concluding Observations..............................................................263
References.....................................................................................266
VIII – Administrative Space in East Asia......................................273
Abstract.........................................................................................273
Introduction..................................................................................275
1. East Asian Bureaucratic Traditions...........................................275
2. Administrative Reforms............................................................280
3. Emerging Trends and Patterns..................................................284
Conclusions...................................................................................288
References.....................................................................................289
IX – Globalism and Constellational Governance: 
Challenges for Service in the Global Public Interest........295
Abstract.........................................................................................296
Introduction..................................................................................296
1. Constellationalism and its Challenges Globally........................298
1.1. Challenge I: Constellations of Global Communities –
An Appreciative Capacity................................................298
1.2. Challenge II: Constellations of Global Institutions –
an Architectural-Building Capacity..................................304
1.3. Challenge III: Constellations of Global Power –
a Legitimation Capacity...................................................309
2. Professions and Professionalism as Global Imperatives............311
2.1. Professions, Policy and Service Delivery...........................311
2.2. Professions, Power and Professionalism...........................313
Concluding Remarks.....................................................................317
References.....................................................................................318
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ulling the Threads Together:
an Exit from the CrisisRestoring Public Trust
with Public Service Professionalism......................................327
Abstract.........................................................................................328
Part I. The Backdrop: the State is Back!......................................329
Introduction..................................................................................329
1. Technology or Ideology............................................................331
2. A Powerful Counter-culture: from Welfare to Warfare.............335
3. The Role of Institutions in Building Public Trust.....................339
4. The Legacy of Reforms of 1981: a Case
of De-professionalisation..........................................................344
Concluding Remarks.....................................................................347
Part II. The Essence of Professionalism What is it really?.............348
Context and Content.....................................................................348
1. Professionalism in Government: What do we Mean?...............351
2. Knowledge as Fountainhead.....................................................354
3. Methodological Rigour: Conditio Sine Qua Non.....................357
4. Professional Values and Virtues................................................361
Concluding Remarks.....................................................................365
References.....................................................................................366
Abstracts in English
Introduction. The Idea of Administrative Space............................375
Abstracts.......................................................................................387
Résumés en français
Préface...........................................................................................399
Avant-propos.................................................................................409
Résumés........................................................................................415
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Prefacio.........................................................................................427
Prólogo – Avant propos.................................................................437
Introducción. El concepto de espacio administrativo....................443
Abstractos.....................................................................................455
About the Authors.........................................................................467
Authors’ Index...............................................................................475
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