Managing Modern Government
Managing Modern Government
This course looks at managing government through the lens of various organizational forms and managerial approaches. It will explore the intricacies of government partnerships with notable attention to private enterprise and civil society relationships. Finally, the course will critically analyze the role and behaviour of micro-level actors embedded in government such as the professional, ethnic minorities, and women.
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Hasmath, R. and Hsu, J. (2014) “Isomorphic Pressures, Epistemic Communities and State-NGO Collaboration in China”, The China Quarterly 220: 936-954. [audio paper: video and podcast] [public talk: video and podcast]
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Hasmath, R., Teets, J.C. and Lewis, O.A. (2019) “The Innovative Personality? Policymaking and Experimentation in an Authoritarian Bureaucracy”, Public Administration and Development 39(3): 154-162. [audio paper: video and podcast]
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Hasmath, R., Ho. B. and Kay-Reid, S. (2024) “State Apologies and the Rehumanization of Refugees, Indigenous and Ethnic Minority Groups”, in Abu-Laban, Y., Frishkopf, M., Hasmath, R. and Kirova, A. (eds.) Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees. Edmonton: Athabasca University Press. [public talk: video and podcast]