Cybernetics and public administration

Cover......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 2
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Introduction......Page 7
Transcending organisational autism in the UN system response to HIV/AIDS in Africa......Page 11
Paradoxes of optimisation in public service management......Page 26
A cybernetic re-evaluation of socio-economic development programs......Page 31
Improving national accounts......Page 46
Identity: the paradoxical nature of organizational closure......Page 66
Momentum and control: a dynamic of democracy......Page 77
Governance of economic transitions: a case study of Ukraine......Page 91
A cybernetic diagnosis of Sri Lanka’s 2002-2003 peace negotiations......Page 109
Identity: articulating cybernetics and sociology......Page 125
An ABC of British higher education......Page 149
Towards productive and sustainable forms of interaction in governance......Page 165
A systems approach to analysing sub-state conflicts......Page 183
HIV/AIDS: a threat to the viability of the societies it attacks......Page 196
Contemporary systems and cybernetics......Page 210
Cybernetics and systems on the web......Page 218
Awards for Excellence......Page 221
Communications and forum......Page 223
News, conferences and technical reports......Page 229
Book reviews and reports......Page 0
Book reviews......Page 240
Book reports......Page 247
Announcements......Page 251
Special announcements......Page 254