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Book SynopsisThe more recent experiments with New Public Management, in various countries, have revealed that there were major differences among what a number of writers referred to as ''differential application'' of systems and practices. It was suggested that these differences were a result of environmental considerations. But the major preoccupation of the earlier literature on New Public Management was with debates on whether the systems and practices of New Public Management had achieved success in the developed countries. Unfortunately, developing countries such as Mexico and countries in the Caribbean are largely neglected in the current literature. Policy Transfer, New Public Management and Globalization fills this gap. Focusing on policy transfer, new public management, and globalization, the contributors examine the problems and difficulties in introducing and implementing policies in small, plural, politically unstable societies.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword: Christopher Hood Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 External Influences on Caribbean Public: Administrative Reform in the Contemporary Period Chapter 4 Corporate Strategy in Mexico: The Long Road to Internalization Chapter 5 Ethnic Policy in the Commonwealth Caribbean Chapter 6 Globalization and the Challenge for Economic Activity in the Caricom Region Chapter 7 Development Policies in the French Caribbean: From State Centrality to Competitive Polycentralism Chapter 8 Small States Adapting to a Transforming Global Economy Chapter 9 Introducing New Public Management in Caribbean Bureaucracies: A Case of Direct Coercive Transfer Chapter 10 Financial Policy Options for the Caribbean in Response to the Crisis in the International Financial System Chapter 11 Direct and Financial Foreign Investment: How Do They Differ in Benefits to Developing Countries? Chapter 12 Key Issues in the Economics of Public Education with Relevance to Trinidad and Tobago Chapter 13 Notes on the Contributors Chapter 14 Index
