The Globalist from nowhere : making governance competitive in the international environment
By: TOLCHIN, Susan J
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, jan./feb. 1996Public administration review : PAR 56, 1, p. 1-8Abstract: Are americans getting the most for their money in the race for global markets? Not by a long shot, especially when the role of U.S. trade officials is compared with our nation's major competitors in the industrialized world. The unproductive debate over "industrial policy" - potato chips vs. computer chips - that occupied Congress and the White House during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George Bush left a vacuum in governance, as well as serious financial and technological se-backs for the electronics, semiconductor, aerospace, and robotics industries. The Gulf War, the FSX joint aircraft venture with Japan, and other crises involving national security and technological losses finally riveted public attention on the vitally important role of public managers in guaranteeing the nation's global competitiveness. Current budget crises, together with popular anti-government sentiment, threaten new policies and programs that seek to advance and preserve the nation's critical industries
Are americans getting the most for their money in the race for global markets? Not by a long shot, especially when the role of U.S. trade officials is compared with our nation's major competitors in the industrialized world. The unproductive debate over "industrial policy" - potato chips vs. computer chips - that occupied Congress and the White House during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George Bush left a vacuum in governance, as well as serious financial and technological se-backs for the electronics, semiconductor, aerospace, and robotics industries. The Gulf War, the FSX joint aircraft venture with Japan, and other crises involving national security and technological losses finally riveted public attention on the vitally important role of public managers in guaranteeing the nation's global competitiveness. Current budget crises, together with popular anti-government sentiment, threaten new policies and programs that seek to advance and preserve the nation's critical industries
public administration review par
january/february 1996
volume 56 numero 4
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