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Bureaucracy

What Government Agencies Do And Why They Do It

By: James Wilson

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Paperback | 30 January 1991 | Edition Number 1

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The classic book on the way American government agencies work and how they can be made to work better -- the "masterwork" of political scientist James Q. Wilson (The Economist)
In Bureaucracy, the distinguished scholar James Q. Wilson examines a wide range of bureaucracies, including the US Army, the FBI, the CIA, the FCC, and the Social Security Administration, providing the first comprehensive, in-depth analysis of what government agencies do, why they operate the way they do, and how they might become more responsible and effective. It is the essential guide to understanding how American government works.

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Preface to the New Edition	p. ix
Notes	p. xvi
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Organizations	p. 1
Armies, Prisons, Schools	p. 3
Organization Matters	p. 14
Operators	p. 29
Circumstances	p. 31
Conclusions	p. 48
Beliefs	p. 50
Conclusions	p. 70
Interests	p. 72
Conclusions	p. 88
Culture	p. 90
Managers	p. 111
Constraints	p. 113
People	p. 137
Conclusions	p. 153
Compliance	p. 154
Summary: Achieving Compliance	p. 174
Executives	p. 177
Turf	p. 179
Conclusions	p. 195
Strategies	p. 196
Conclusions	p. 217
Innovation	p. 218
Context	p. 233
Congress	p. 235
Appendix: Congressional Dominance: a Closer Look	p. 254
Presidents	p. 257
Courts	p. 277
National Differences	p. 295
Change	p. 313
Problems	p. 315
Conclusions	p. 331
Rules	p. 333
Markets	p. 346
Conclusions	p. 363
Bureaucracy and the Public Interest	p. 365
Notes	p. 379
Index	p. 409
Subject Index	p. 418
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