Public Administration and Globalization

PA

480

Public Administration and Globalization

This course seeks to explain the genesis, nature and scope of globalization and its impact on public administration at the national and international levels. It will examine the various definitions, dimensions, and significance of the processes of globalization on national sovereignty, subsequently examine the responses of established bureaucracies to challenges brought about by globalization. It will query the re-design of state bureaucracies, their functions and styles in response to the fluidity of economic activities across traditional state borders. It will explore how information and technological innovations have deepened the globalization process and, simultaneously, articulate how the public administrative apparatus may be able to cope with the globalization phenomenon.

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

No

019670