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Paradigms and Public Sector Reform

Public Administration of Bhutan

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Lhawang Ugyel

    1. Australian National University, Australia

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  • One of the first books to focus specifically on public administration in Bhutan
  • Develops an ideal type typology for public administration in countries where a patronage system still operates
  • Of interest to public administration scholars and policy practitioners

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Lhawang Ugyel
    Pages 1-14

  4. Implementation and Evaluation of the Position Classification System Reforms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Evaluating the Position Classification System

      • Lhawang Ugyel
      Pages 125-160

    3. Dynamics of the Position Classification System Reforms

      • Lhawang Ugyel
      Pages 161-196

    4. Dynamics of Public Sector Reforms

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      Pages 197-218

    5. Conclusion

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      Pages 219-234

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 235-256
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About this book

This book describes the administrative system of Bhutan. Divided into two main parts, the first part of the book describes the Bhutanese public administration by examining the various paradigms and ideal types of public administration. Chapters examine the paradigms and ideal types in the field of public administration, and the paradigm concept helps in explaining the dynamics and the interaction of the application of public sector reforms within the context of the ideal types. Based on the historical and recent reforms, the Bhutanese administrative system has been mapped onto the ideal type typology to show hybridity with a mix and layering of characteristics of paradigms. The second part of the book examines the dynamics of implementing and evaluating the Position Classification System (PCS). This part includes chapters which evaluate the PCS and discusses the dynamics of the reform. It synthesizes the findings of the implementation of the PCS and connects it to the broader discussions on public sector reforms. It discusses the trajectory of public sector reform and the points of convergences and divergences within this trajectory.                                                                                     

Authors and Affiliations

  • Australian National University, Australia

    Lhawang Ugyel

About the author

Lhawang Ugyel is Research Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU). He completed his PhD from the ANU and Masters from Cornell University, USA. He worked in various capacities for the Royal Government of Bhutan: as Senior Human Resource Officer and Policy Analyst with His Majesty the King of Bhutan.                                                                          

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