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 Administration | p. 1 |
| Political Culture and Public Administration | p. 33 |
| The Recruitment of Public Administrators | p. 85 |
| Notes | p. 127 |
| Problems of Administrative Structure | p. 135 |
| Politics and Public Administration | p. 181 |
| The Politics of Bureaucracy | p. 219 |
| Notes | p. 253 |
| Paying for Government: the Budgetary Process | p. 261 |
| Notes | p. 293 |
| The Politics of Administrative Accountability | p. 299 |
| Notes | p. 339 |
| Administrative Reform | p. 347 |
| Public Administration in the Twenty-First Century | p. 371 |
| Index | p. 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