The Quest for Collaboration: Towards a comprehensive strategy for public administration

Bureaucracies of the twenty-first century will undoubtedly have to move from the old orthodox type of administration to rethink their outputs, outcomes, image, and position in a rapidly changing environment. In fact, many scholars suggest that such a transition is already on track. They point to recent years' enterprises of new public-sector management, reengineering, and the ethos of reinventing government as reliable indicators and signals of such trends. A consensus exists on the need to alter the old type of bureaucracy and to adjust it more vigorously to the nature of modern society. This is the only way by which sustainable progress in public administration can be diffused, and moreover, in which democracy can continue to flourish.