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A Morphology Of Liberalism, Development And Trusteeship: Some Implications For South East Asia, Trevor Parfitt
A Morphology Of Liberalism, Development And Trusteeship: Some Implications For South East Asia, Trevor Parfitt
Asian Review
This paper will apply Freeden's morphological approach to the analysis of liberalism and development to explore the centrality of trusteeship (as defi ned by Cowen and Shenton) in both modes of thought. There is an intellectual kinship between development as an idea and liberalism in that both emerged from a Western Enlightenment context that emphasized progress and the prospects for human development through the growing influence of rationalism and the application of scientific method to human endeavor. Both development thinking and liberalism bear the imprint of these influences, one of them being that of trusteeship. The morphological approach will be …
The Construction And Development Of Public Administration Knowledge: A State-Of-The-Art Review Of Thai Doctoral Dissertations, Pratumtip Thongcharoen, Chokchai Suttawet
The Construction And Development Of Public Administration Knowledge: A State-Of-The-Art Review Of Thai Doctoral Dissertations, Pratumtip Thongcharoen, Chokchai Suttawet
Asian Review
A review of 155 doctoral dissertations in Public Administration (PA) reveals the newness of the doctoral curriculum as the oldest dissertation found in the database dates to 2005. Ramkhamhaeng University has the largest number of PA doctoral dissertations. The New Public Management paradigm was the most popular paradigm, found in all PA subfields. The classic theories and contingency theories were the most popular. The qualitative method was mostly used. The trend of using mixed methods has increased in popularity in recent years. Innovation was encountered in terms of a relationship among the PA sub-fields and outside PA but this was …