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Deviant Behaviour in the Civil Services
NAME: FARANA HOSEIN

ID#: 809004751

COURSE CODE AND TITLE: GOVT 3062 COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

DATE: 19TH MARCH, 2012.

ASSIGNMENT: USING CASE STUDIES IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR IN THE CIVIL SERVICES OF DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

LECTURER: MAUKESH BASDEO

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BRIEF ABSTRACT ----------------------------------------------------------------- page 3

BACKGROUND OF STUDY -------------------------------------------------------- pages 4-8

LITERATURE REVIEW --------------------------------------------------------------- pages 9-13

ANALYTICAL DISCUSSION --------------------------------------------------------- pages 14-16

RECOMMENDATION / CONCLUSION -------------------------------------------- page 17

BIBLIOGRAPHY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- pages 18-20

BRIEF ABSTRACT
The research venture seeks to identify and discuss the factors contributing to deviant behavior in the civil services of developed and developing countries in the world. The study is directed toward an understanding of Public Administration and the corrupted systems that exist due to maladministration. The concern laid out a viable extraction of information that focuses on several nations outside the Commonwealth Caribbean and their history of administration together with the leading factors of deviance in the civil services. Criterion used to assess the intricacies of Public Maladministration and Bureaucratic Corruption includes: injustice, unreasonable delay, abuse of discretion, negligence, arrogance, disregarding morality, employing deception and justifying criminality, nepotism, bribes, fraud, and waste and abuse in government. Theoretical perspectives will be utilized to aid in the understanding of administrative systems of the



Bibliography: 1. Haroon A. Khan. Introduction to Public Administration. University Press of America, 2008. P. 33 2 3. UN Economic and Social Council. Committee of Experts on Public Administration. Definition of basic concepts and terminologies in governance and public administration. 2006 4 5.  Macionis, J., and Gerber, L. (2010). Sociology, 7th edition 6 7. Maukesh Basdeo (2012) comparative public administration lecture slides semester 2 8 [ 5 ].  Macionis, J., and Gerber, L. (2010) [ 6 ] [ 7 ]. Maukesh Basdeo (2012) [ 8 ] [ 13 ]. Maukesh Basdeo, 2012. [ 24 ]. Goodman, M. (1990) [ 25 ]

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