- •Content
- •Introduction to public administration
- •Text 1 The Meaning of pa
- •Text 2 Definition of Public Administration
- •Text 3 The identity of Public Administration as a discipline
- •Text 1 Public Administration
- •International public administration
- •Is it possible to achieve a common European perspective?
- •8. Translate the following text into English. Отличие государственного управления в России от государственного управления в других странах
- •Glossary
- •Unit 2 history of public administration
- •Text 1 Early systems
- •2. Read the following text and translate it into Russian and answer the questions given below. Text 2
- •Text 4 British Empire
- •Glossary
- •Unit 3 concepts of state and government
- •8. Synonym match: match the following synonyms from the article:
- •Tony Blair makes political history
- •Homework
- •Power and Politics
- •Отношение к государству. Государство и нравственность
- •Glossary
- •The role of the state. Three branches of power
- •Text 1 The Role of the State. Tree branches of power
- •Text 2 Legislative Power
- •Text 3 Executive Power
- •Text 4 Judicial power
- •Text a
- •Unit 5 government
- •4. Read the passages below and choose the correct headline for each of them.
- •Unitary, confederate, and federal governments
- •Government Systems: Unitary, Confederate, and Federal Systems
- •Homework
- •Different forms of government
- •Read the passages below and match them with the appropriate major group.
- •Functions of three branches of government
- •Functions of Government
- •Glossary
- •Informatuion technologies in public administration
- •Glossary
- •Supplementary texts Decision-making models
- •Niskanen's budget-maximizing
- •Dunleavy's bureau-shaping
- •European Union
- •European Economic Community (eec or Common Market)
- •European Parliament
Glossary
Acquiesce - assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
Aristocracy - a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, esp. the hereditary nobility.
Assault - make an assault upon; attack; assail.
Autocracy - government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
Autocrat - an absolute ruler, esp. a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government as by inherent right, not subject to restrictions.
Capture - to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
Civic (adj.) - of or pertaining to a city; municipal: civic problems.
Commodity - an article of trade or commerce, esp. a product as distinguished from a service.
Compel - force or drive, esp. to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him.
Consume - use up; expend: My car consumes little oil.
Convey - carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
Democracy - government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
Dictatorship - a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator.
Domestic (adj.) – of or pertaining to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
Elect - choose or select by vote, as for an office: to elect a mayor.
Evaporate (here) - disappear; vanish; fade: His hopes evaporated.
Foster - promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
Glorify - to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
Greed - excessive or rapacious desire, esp. for wealth or possessions.
Inherit - take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
Insure - guarantee against loss or harm.
Intrude - thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
Legitimacy - the state or quality of being legitimate.
Legitimate (adj.) - according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
Maintenance - care or upkeep, as of machinery or property: With proper maintenance the car will last for many years.
Monarchy - a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch.
Neglect - pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight.
Obey - comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
Oligarchy - a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
Oppose - to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
Oppression - the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
Ordain - enact or establish by law, edict, etc.: to ordain a new type of government.
Prejudice - an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
Punish - subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
Relinquish - renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
Remain - continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
Republic - a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
Reward - recompense or requite (a person or animal) for service, merit, achievement, etc.
Scriptural - of, pertaining to, or in accordance with sacred writings, esp. the Scriptures.
Sewer - an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
Slavery - the state or condition of being a slave; a civil relationship whereby one person has absolute power over another and controls his life, liberty, and fortune.
Sovereign (adj.) - belonging to or characteristic of a sovereign or sovereignty; royal.
State of nation – the hypothetical condition of humanity before the state's foundation.
Subversive (adj.) - tending to subvert or advocating subversion, esp. in an attempt to overthrow or cause the destruction of an established or legally constituted government.
Supervise - oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
Supreme – highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
Theocracy - a form of government in which god or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
Totalitarian - of or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
Ultimate - last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
Vice - an immoral or evil habit or practice.
Virtue- moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
Wellbeing - a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare: to influence the well-being of the nation and its people.
Whim - an odd or capricious notion or desire; a sudden or freakish fancy: a sudden whim to take a midnight walk.
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