Civil Servants and Globalization: Integrating MENA Countries in a Globalized Economy

Front Cover\nSeries\nCivil Servants and Globalization: Integrating MENA Countries in a Globalized Economy\nCopyright information\nTable of contents\nList of Figures, Tables, Boxes and Graphs\nList of abbreviations\nPreface\nPart I Analytical Framework and Regional Context\n	1 Globalization and the Changing Role of Civil Servants: Towards an Analytical Framework\n		Introduction and context\n			Why a focus on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)?\n		The study of public administration and globalization\n			Bureaucratic accountability dimension\n			Socialization dimension\n				Quadrant 1: Traditionalist/passive civil servant\n				Quadrant 2: Professional civil servant\n				Quadrant 3: Rebel civil servant\n				Quadrant 4: Engaged civil servant\n			Transmission channels and filters of global influence on national civil servants\n		New and reinforced transmission channels for globalization\n			Transmission channel 1: Performance indicators, accountability, and civil servants\n			Transmission channel 2: The deepening engagement and growing impact of internationally generated policy advice and reform support\n			Transmission channel 3: Global open government-based norms and how they matter\n		Main research question and theoretical assumptions: globalization affects civil servants in various ways – where and how does impact matter most?\n		Conclusions and a forward-looking agenda\n		Methodological aspects\n			Country selection\n			Interview partners selection\n			Qualitative vignettes\n			In-depth interviews\n		Structure of the book\n		Notes\n	2 The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Globalization\n		Introduction\n		Regional context: a history of global interconnections\n		Haves and have nots: natural resource rich vs. more diversified economies\n		The 2011 events and after: reluctant economic globalization and political transitions of varying speed\n		Engagement with international partners: complex partnerships\n			The pre-2011 context: controversy over paradigms and interference\n			Post-2011 engagement with partners: a different ballgame?\n		Civil service systems: an under-analysed factor in responses to globalization\n			Post-independence establishment of civil service systems: intertwined with emerging economic models\n			The social contract and its impact on civil service development\n			Post-2011 transitions and civil service systems: typologies and their implications for trajectories\n		The potential impact of globalization in the context of traditions and transition\n		Notes\nPart II Civil Servants’ Response to Globalization\n	3 Drilling Down on Globalization: Performance Indicators and Rankings as Features of Multi-Level Governance\n		Introduction\n		Performance indicators as a transmission channel for globalization\n			Visibility of indicators\n		Evidence on indicators and their impact: analytical framework and context\n		Influence of rankings on economic performance and investment climate\n			Trends in country performance\n		Channels of influence and assistance\n			Passive/hierarchical response: the traditionalist\n			Providing analysis and evidence: the professional who remains within institutional boundaries\n			Mobilizing actors: the engaged type\n			Proactive behaviour to achieve a change in position: the rebel\n		Approaches to mobilization and the potential role of international actors\n		Relevance: indicators and reputational concerns\n			Drivers of responses: a review of evidence\n			Evidence on the perceived importance of indicators\n			Civil servants’ responses to disagreement with political leaders\n		Efforts to improve bad ratings or maintain good ones\n		Conclusions: global performance indicators and their impact on civil servants\n		Notes\n	4 Deepening Engagement with International Development Institutions: Impact on Civil Servants\n		Introduction\n		The evolution of patterns of interaction\n		Documenting a growing engagement\n			Resource flow patterns\n			Engagement type\n		Impact and influence: what do survey data and interviews tell us?\n			Evidence on perceptions\n			Insights derived from the question-and-answer section of the interviews\n			‘Listening to Leaders’ 2020 data\n		Filters, positioning, politico-administrative relations, and accountability: evidence from Vignette 1\n		Typologies and engagement with external domestic and international actors: lessons from Vignette 4\n		Impact of direct engagement on professional development and administrative transformation\n		Conclusions on direct engagement\n		Notes\n	5 Trickling Down: Impact of the Global Movement on Open Government\n		Introduction\n		Positioning global open government engagement in MENA\n		Rule adoption in MENA: free access to information (FOIA) and beyond\n		The next frontier: Open Data and collaborative governance\n		Vignette 3: Evidence on open government regimes in practice (transparency – freedom of information)\n			Responding to situations\n			The values of free access to information (and open governance)\n			International organizations and open government\n			Insights from direct assessment\n		Beyond access to information: open government and participation (Vignette 4)\n		Process: collaboration and cooperation across levels of government vis-à-vis external stakeholders\n		The longer road to travel: commitments on open government and factor of trust\n		Conclusions: conflicting narratives and practices\nPart III Conclusion: Growing Impact despite Resilient Filters\n	6 Globalization and Civil Servants: A Response Typology\n		Introduction\n		Methodological tools: potential and problems of vignettes in studying civil servants’ values, perceptions, and behaviour\n		Theoretical insights: explanatory value of old and new theoretical approaches\n		Civil servants and globalization: conclusions on the theses and research question\n			Research question\n		Towards a forward-looking research agenda\n		Notes\nFinal Thoughts\nReferences\n	Primary sources\nIndex\nBack 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