Comparative Public Institutions [POL2042S]

Summarised, yet detailed lectures notes on how bureaucracies function in a South African context - and more specifically, how bureaucracies operated under the oppressive apartheid regime.

Summarised, yet detailed lectures notes on the Governance Approach: a theoretical approach to how public bureaucracies can operative more efficiently, effectively and with greater public responsiveness and trust.

Summarised, yet detailed lectures notes on how the success or failure of bureaucratic work can affect economic development.

Summarised, yet detailed lecture notes on what causes friction in the relationship between bureaucrats and politicians; and how this relationship can be mended.

Summarised, yet detailed lecture notes on bureaucracies in International Organisations in the UN. We take a look at how the bureaucratic affairs and issues manifest on a global scale when the trajectories of global politics, contrasting political ideologies and varied socio-cultural contexts come into play within international bureaucracies.

Summarised, yet detailed notes on the functionality of rational bureaucracies in a sub-saharan context.

Summarised, yet detailed lecture notes on the New Public Management Model: a bureaucratic framework posing an alternative approach to the commonly used Rational Bureaucratic Model.

Summarised, yet Detailed Lectures Notes about the behaviour of public bureaucracies who adopt the Rational Model/Weberian Framework. These notes include these characteristics of a Rational Bureaucracy, as well as some of the shortcomings of the model identified by Michael Lipsky,

Summarised, yet detailed lectures notes on: * the value of comparative analysis * how to conduct comparative analysis * Why institutions matter in the study of politics * How we use institutions to study politics comparatively [NB! contains 2 spelling mistakes of the word 'institutions']