Critical Book Reviews: Rhetoric, Myth and Reality: The Need to Bridge the Gap. Managing Development in a Global Context by O.P. Dwivedi, Renu Khator and Jorge Nef, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 258 pp. ISBN: 0 230 00005 6
| Date | 01 September 2007 |
| Published date | 01 September 2007 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020852307081320 |
| Author | Demetrios Argyriades |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Critical Book Reviews
Rhetoric, Myth and Reality: The Need to Bridge the Gap
O.P. Dwivedi, Renu Khator and Jorge Nef, Managing Development in a
Global Context
Reviewed by Demetrios Argyriades
504
The Growth, Peregrinations and Transformations of Public Administration
D. Argyriades, O.P. Dwivedi and J. Jabbra (eds) Public Administration in
Transition: Essays in Honor of Gerald E. Caiden
Reviewed by Rolet Loretan
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Demetrios Argyriades is Professor of Public Administration, City University of New York.
Rolet Loretan is Director General, International Institute of Administrative Sciences, Brussels.
Copyright © 2007 IIAS, SAGE Publications (Los Angeles, London, New Delhi and Singapore)
Vol 73(3):503–508 [DOI:10.1177/0020852307081320]
504 International Review of Administrative Sciences 73(3)
Rhetoric, Myth and Reality: The Need to Bridge the Gap
Demetrios Argyriades
Managing Development in a Global Context by O.P. Dwivedi, Renu Khator and
Jorge Nef, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 258 pp. ISBN: 0 230 00005 6.
‘The present world economic order is far more centralized, concentric and institution-
alized at the top than it has ever been. Its fundamental components are trade,
finance, and the protection of proprietary rights of international business’ (p. 59). This
telling opening salvo of a section bearing the title ‘The Global Economic Regime’ aptly
encapsulates the substance of the argument developed in this book. Hardly the type
of analysis you read in the establishment press or the reports produced by leading
international organizations. But arguably, there lies the value of this study produced,
one might well add, by three North American scholars, whose roots go back to coun-
tries of the South. With a foot planted firmly in both of these worlds, the authors have
the experience, knowledge and disposition it takes to explode the myths created ‘de
toutes pieces’ to make the Brave New World of globalization look as appealing as
possible. With ample facts and figures, they also guide our footsteps in...
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