Administrative Science Quarterly 1963
A Comparative Analysis of the Administrative Systems of Canada and Ceylon
Abstract
One of the new techniques of comparative analysis developed in recent years for the study of foreign systems of public administration is the ecological or environmental approach. Utilizing such an approach, the following study compares the public administrative systems of Canada and Ceylon in relation to their geographic, economic, social, and political setting. By examining these administrative systems on the basis of some of the more significant environmental influences affecting them, this study attempts to identify the cultural variables influencing public administration in an industrially welldeveloped Western nation and a developing new state. Richard L. Harris is research analyst, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles, and Robert N. Kearney is assistant professor of political science, Duke University.
- DOI
- 10.2307/2390973
- Sources
- openalex