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Modern systems of government : exploring the role of bureaucrats and politicians / Ali Farazmand, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bureaucracy.
- Comparative government.
- Politicians.
- Public administration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The success or failure of empires, nation-states and city-states often rests on the relationship between bureaucracy and politicians. In this provocative volume, Ali Farazmand examines the myriad relationships between politicians and bureaucrats. After introducing the basic elements of bureaucracies in Part One, the book examines the relations between bureaucrats and politicians in presidential and parliamentary systems. The contributors to the volume comprise a virtual `who's who' in the discipline.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I - Professionalism, Bureaucracy, and Modern Governance; Chapter 1 - Coups and Crashes: Lessons for Public Administration; Chapter 2 - Professionalism, Bureaucracy, and Modern Governance: A Comparative Analysis; Chapter 3 - Professionalism in Bureaucracy: Some Comparisons Based on the Indian Case; Chapter 4 - The U.S. Civil Service: 1883 - 1993 (R.I.P); Chapter 5 - Political Power and the Centrality of Administration; Part II - Bureaucrats and Politicians in Presidential Systems
- Chapter 6 - The U.S. Constitutional Separation of Powers and Federal Administration; Chapter 7 - Politics and Bureaucracy: Their Impact on Professionalism; Chapter 8 - The Pendleton Act of 1883 and Professionalism in the U.S. Public Service; Chapter 9 - Transients and Careerists in Latin America; Part Ill - Bureaucrats and Politicians in Parliamentary Systems; Chapter 10 - Bureaucrats and Political Appointees in European Democracies: Who's Who and does it Make any Difference?; Chapter 11 - Getting on in Government: Political Priorities and Professional Civil Servants
- Part IV - The state of the Current State; Chapter 12 - ""Honey, I Shrank the State""; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Editor; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781322415772
- 1322415773
- 9781483327938
- 1483327930
- 9781452249377
- 1452249377
- OCLC:
- 821725084
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