Notes on the Contributors - Preface and Acknowledgements - In memory of Dr Haile Asmerom; E. P. Reis - PART 1: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES - Introduction - The Concept of Neutrality; G. E. Caiden - Neutrality and Professionalism in the Public Service; D. Argyriades - Democracy and the Neutrality of Public Bureaucracy; M. S. de Vries ; PART 2: DEMOCRATIZATION AND BUREAUCRATIC NEUTRALITY WITH REFERENCE TO EASTERN EUROPE - Reforming East European Bureaucracy: Does the American Experience Apply?; V. Gabrielian & F. Fisher ; The Impact of Bureaucratization in Central and Eastern Europe: With Special Reference to Poland; R. Pitschas - Dilemmas of Reorganizing the Bureaucracy in Poland during Democratic Transformation; Jerzy J. Wiatr ; PART 3: DEMOCRATIZATION AND BUREAUCRATIC NEUTRALITY WITH REFERENCE TO AFRICAN COUNTRIES - Democratization and the Issue of Neutrality in Nigeria; D. Olowu - Democratization and the Neutrality of Public Bureaucracy in Multi-Ethnic Societies: The Case of Ethiopia; H. K. Asmerom ; Neutral Bureaucracy in African Multi-Party Bureaucracies: The Experience of Botswana; K. C. Sharma ; PART 4: DEMOCRATIZATION AND BUREAUCRATIC NEUTRALITY WITH REFERENCES TO LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES - Bureaucratic Elite Political Culture and Democratization in Brazil; E. P. Reis & Z. B. Cheibub ; Democratization Unionism and Neutrality of Bureaucracy: The Case of the Bank of Brazil; M. das Gracas Rua ; PART 5: DEMOCRATIZATION AND BUREAUCRATIC NEUTRALITY WITH REFERENCE TO ASIAN COUNTRIES - The Yes Minister Syndrome in India; M. Pinto ; Civil Service Neutrality in Hong Kong; I. Scott - Transforming the Singapore Civil Service for National Development; J. S. T. Quah - Bureaucracy in a Changing Culture; S. Soemardjan - Index. Language: English