State crisis and reform: a question of citizenship and civil servant merit recognition

ID: 36016

Authors: Caio Márcio Marini Ferreira.

Source: Revista do Serviço Público, v. 47, n. 3, p. 5-33, September-December, 1996. 29 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)

The reform of the State and the French concept of public service

ID: 36017

Authors: Jacques Chevallier.

Source: Revista do Serviço Público, v. 47, n. 3, p. 34-57, September-December, 1996. 24 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)

Merit-based bureaucracy, Brazilian style: What is perfomance in Brazil?

ID: 36018

Authors: Lívia Barbosa.

Source: Revista do Serviço Público, v. 47, n. 3, p. 58-102, September-December, 1996. 45 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The article deals with the issue of merit-based bureaucracy and of performance evaluation in the Brazilian public sector and in society through a wider focus, stressing the difference between the existence of formal merit-based systems and its social legitimacy. According to the author, the central point of this discussion has to take into account the understanding of the difference between merit-based systems and the ideology of merit-based bureaucracy, and the understanding of the cultural assumptions that inform this discussion. The article places the issue of merit-based bureaucracy in wider contexts, such as the administrative theory, the intellectual perspective, the historical-sociological angle, without loosing sight of the characteristics of the Brazilian society.

Modernizing public administration in Latin America: common problems, no easy solutions

ID: 36019

Authors: Geoffrey Shepherd, Sofia Valencia.

Source: Revista do Serviço Público, v. 47, n. 3, p. 103-129, September-December, 1996. 27 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The objective of the authors is to supply inputs for the discussion of the public administration reform in Latin America. The article begins by characterizing the challenges faced by the bureaucracy in view of the issues of monopoly and political control. This is followed by an analysis of the public administration models adopted by the developed countries, inasmuch as these countries are the premiere reference for reform initiatives in developing countries. Finally, the authors identify causes and effects of the malfunctioning of the public administration in Latin America, suggesting that the experiences and the academic discussion with respect to developed countries can offer lessons to the developing countries, provided that one does not loose sight of the specific characteristics of the Latin American context. The authors argue that in these countries the administrative reform initiatives are constrained by the low level of political development and by the informal patterns of behavior existing within the public bureaucracy.

The Controls

ID: 36020

Authors: Gaetano D’Auria.

Source: Revista do Serviço Público, v. 47, n. 3, p. 130-144, September-December, 1996. 15 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The paper examines with the issue of both internal and external administrative controls in Italy. The author points out the weakness of the internal controls, especially management controls, and examines the most widely used type of external control in the Italian system, the preventive legitimacy controls, which in his opinion should be replaced by sucessive controls of the administrative activities or of the administrative management. The document also deals with the progress in the relationship between the General Accounting Office and the Parliament, with the recent transformation trends in the control area, including aspects related to the constitutional reform and to the European Union, as well as new legislative facts that occurred in 1993 and 1994.