Books by Ali Farazmand

Under pressure from the World Bank, the International Monetary Funds and the World Trade Organization governments of both industrialized and less developed nations have undertaken extensive reforms and reorganization to streamline their public sectors.

Farazmand, a former bureaucrat in the Pahlavi state administration, argues that the latter functioned more to maintain the state and to control society than to provide its population with services and with help for development.

The success or failure of empires, nation-states and city-states often rests on the relationship between bureaucracy and politicians. This book examines the myriad relationships between politicians and bureaucrats.

Invoking a term attributed to Darius the Great over 2,500 years ago-sound governance-editors Ali Farazmand and Rosalyn Carter set the stage for a rich and multidimensional collection of essays on emerging issues in public administration around the world. Topics include: The impact and influence of the United Nations;

Comparative study of public enterprise management in different countries around the world, pointing to historical trends and current issues and problems.

This work examines organization theory and behaviour, change, and reform worldwide. It views organization in two ways: as an organization of society into public, private, and nonprofit sectors; and looks at organizing activity, such as creating institutional arrangements to perform tasks.