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Graham, Lawrence Sherman was born on July 12, 1936 in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Marion Webster and Mary Virginia (Sherman) Graham.
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It's tough to keep students afloat in a sea of detail when moving from country to country in a comparative course. While it's important to give students a sense of place, lengthy textbooks can overwhelm them with far too much description. Students are left with no clear path for understanding regional context or for making meaningful cross-national comparisons, and little sense of larger concepts and themes. The Politics of Governing: A Comparative Introduction answers this dilemma in a truly brief text--only 320 pages long--that frames country case studies within regional chapters. This approach equips students to see the bigger picture and understand how the issues of governing can no longer be separated from events outside a country's borders. The authors answer the same set of questions in each chapter--What are the purposes of government (the ends of politics)? What do governments do (the functions of politics)? Who exercises political power (the processes of politics)?--giving this concise text strong analysis of particular countries within a powerful regional framework. The book incorporates the American experience as a familiar touch point for students and examines those areas of the world in which the U.S. is most engaged: • The European chapters highlight the development of supranational institutions and their impact on politics in Great Britain, France, and Germany. These stand in contrast to the transitional politics underway to the east with Central Europe's new democracies and the upheavals in Russia, the Ukraine, and the Balkan states keeping those countries at the margins of this new Europe. • The diversity of Asian governments is explored within the context of competing forces between markets and democracy, at the core of which stands mainland China. • The forces of religion and culture across the Muslim world shape the chapter that encompasses North Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, with country case studies focused on Morocco, Iran, and Indonesia. • The chapter on Latin America highlights the draw of North American markets and the appeal of distinctive political and economic patterns in South America, with case studies on Mexico and Brazil. • A final chapter on regional convergence examines both developing countries and competing supranational markets to understand how people in countries caught in between larger, competing regional trading blocs are affected.
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(An examination of the transitions in Europe and Latin Ame...)
An examination of the transitions in Europe and Latin America - with particular reference to Portugal.
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This study fills a void in the literature of Latin American politics by offering a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the state and its bureaucratic components in the various nations of the region. The author notes at the onset that the complexity of the state apparatus in Latin America--ranging from the entrenched bureaucracy of Brazil to the minimal administrative capabilities of Nicaragua--presents both a challenge and a problem for analysts. His unique contribution here is combining an overview of public bureaucracy in Latin America with a series of country and regional profiles. With this basis for analysis established, Graham focuses on changes in the state, the society, and the economy that have occurred over the past two decades in order to develop a set of new perspectives on Latin American politics and economics. Organized into three sections, the study begins with three chapters that address the centrality of the state, the structural dimensions of the Latin American public sector, and issues in administrative reform. Country profiles of Mexico, Brazil, and Nicaragua and a study of regional variations in development policy make up Part Two. The final section includes comparisons of Latin American nations with selected European nations--an unusual juxtaposition that further enhances the readers understanding of the Latin American experience. Throughout, three themes tie the analysis of the state to its broader context in the surrounding polity, economy, and society: the performance of the state in the provision of basic services; the spatial dimensions of public administration and management; and the extension of state activities throughout society. The author's analytical framework thus entails identifying the structures that condition policy implementation, clarifying the spatial dimensions that shape public policy, and utilizing intergovernmental relations and field administration constructs to establish the centralization/decentralization mix required to reintegrate politics with policy and with organizations in the pursuit of more effective programs.
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Graham, Lawrence Sherman was born on July 12, 1936 in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Marion Webster and Mary Virginia (Sherman) Graham.
Bachelor, Duke University, 1958. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Florida, 1965.
Professor government University Texas, Austin, since 1965, associate vice president international programs, 2000—2004, member chancellors council, since 2006, adjunct faculty, Lyndon Baines Johnson school public affairs, since 2009. Visiting fulbright fellow School Policy Studies, University Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, 2008—2009. Exchange scholar National Research Council-NAS, Romanian Academy, 1977-1978, Yugoslav Academy, 1981.
Consultant management development program United Nations Development Program, New York City, 1989-1993, director Brazil Center, University Texas, 1995-2000. Advisory public administration Institute Public Administration, Lima, Peru, 1967-1968.
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( The transition from authoritarian to democratic governm...)
(It's tough to keep students afloat in a sea of detail whe...)
(An examination of the transitions in Europe and Latin Ame...)
(Book by Lawrence S. Graham, Richard P. Farkas, Robert C. ...)
Member American Society Public Administration (public administration review board 1973-1977, chair international and comparative administration 1981-1982, 89-90), American Political Science Association, American Association Advancement Slavic Studies, International Political Science Association, Latin American Studies Association, International Academy of Portugese Culture (correspondence member), Portuguese-American Leadership Council (member of advisory board).
Married Jane Sharp Merrell, June 8, 1961. Children: Merrell Anne Shearer, Virginia Carroll, Lauren Richards, Katherine Lugar.