Lawrence S. Graham

Projections for Future Research

This body of papers, selected from two related panels, brings into perspective a number of research problems concerning work in comparative administration within Latin America and the Caribbean-the diversity of bureaucratic experience to be considered, the variety of conceptual approaches available, the range of analytic units to be employed. Cross-national administrative studies within the region remain rare indeed. Efforts aimed at generating comparative data on bureaucratic performance and attitudes, beyond the unique, are few in number. Questions concerning the rationale behind continuing to press for the collection of new data on