Policies without politicians : bureaucratic influence in comparative perspective / Edward C. Page.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Page, Edward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Independent regulatory commissions.

Executive orders.

Executive departments.

Separation of powers.

Administrative agencies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comparative study of the everday policy-making role of bureaucrats in six jurisdictions: France, US, Germany, Sweden the EU, and the UK. It takes as its central focus the decrees and regulations that account for a large proportion of government activity and explores the role of civil servants in their production.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; 1. Silence, Conflict, and Bureaucratic Power; 2. France: A Cross-Pressured Bureaucracy; 3. Britain: Bureaucrats and Imaginary Ministers; 4. Germany: Administration and Politics Revisited; 5. Sweden: Political Direction and Decree-Making; 6. Political Leadership in US Bureaucracy; 7. Regulated Bureaucratic Politics in the European Union; 8. Bureaucrats, Politicians, Choice, and Motivation; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-162830-1

1-283-63956-4

OCLC:

922971381