ADMINISRATIVE LEGACIES OF THE PERSIAN WORLD-STATE EMPIRE: IMPLICATIONS FOR MODERN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, Part 2

From: Public Administration Quarterly | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

The prosperous economic environment throughout the Empire, with the exception of some areas and the drought years of course, was conducive to the growth and development of a professional middle class bureaucrats engaged in various activities of public administration. Reward for government performance were available and patronage appointments were numerous. Taxation was a major basis for revenue collection but other ways of filling the Treasury were unlimitedly available also (Cambridge Ancient History, VoI IV, 1963).

Similarly, the political environment was highly favorable to the development ...

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