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Politics of Bureaucracy

An Introduction to Comparative Public Administration

Hardcover

Published: 5th July 2001
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Routledge is proud to publish the fifth edition of this comprehensive, comparative exploration of the political and policy-making roles of public bureaucracies in nations around the world. Written by a leading authority in the field, it offers an extensive, well documented, comparative analysis stressing the effects of politics and organised interests on bureaucracy.
New to the fifth edition:
*a new chapter on administrative reform
*more material on administration in developing countries
*more coverage of the European Union and more discussion of international bureaucracies
*revision and up-dating to take into account the wealth of new literature that has emerged in recent years.

The Persistence, Growth and Change of Government and Administrationp. 1
Political Culture and Public Administrationp. 33
The Recruitment of Public Administratorsp. 85
Notesp. 127
Problems of Administrative Structurep. 135
Politics and Public Administrationp. 181
The Politics of Bureaucracyp. 219
Notesp. 253
Paying for Government: the Budgetary Processp. 261
Notesp. 293
The Politics of Administrative Accountabilityp. 299
Notesp. 339
Administrative Reformp. 347
Public Administration in the Twenty-First Centuryp. 371
Indexp. 382
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ISBN: 9780415194761
ISBN-10: 0415194768
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 400
Published: 5th July 2001
Dimensions (cm): 24.6 x 17.4  x 2.6
Weight (kg): 0.84