Discussion
Problems of contemporary research in comparative public administration are ................. .
(1) Research focus is mostly on reforms and accountability
(2) Lack of theory and thoughtful methodological approaches in research
(3) Mostly relies on secondary data
Answer the question using the codes given below :
Answer: A
All three are problems, so the answer is (1), (2) and (3).
Reviews of contemporary comparative public administration make all three complaints. The research agenda has been dominated by administrative reform and accountability, following the spread of New Public Management. The field is criticised for lacking a unifying theory and for weak, often descriptive, methods. And much of the work rests on secondary sources such as official documents and earlier studies, rather than on fresh field data collected across countries.
Because each statement describes a recognised weakness, any code that leaves one of them out (only (2), only (1) and (2), or only (3)) is incomplete.
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