The European administrative elite / John A. Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, John A. (John Alexander), 1922-2010, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Elite (Social sciences).

Economic development.

Government executives--Europe--Case studies.

Government executives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1973.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although there have been other studies of elite administrators in France, Great Britain, Germany, and Russia, John Armstrong has made the first systematic comparison of their roles, especially their inclination to participate in economic development. Drawing on role theory and theories of socialization and recruitment, he analyzes the influences that family, secondary school, specialized university instruction, and in-service experiences have had on administrators. Currents of ideas, class concepts of appropriate role behavior, and organizational peculiarities are also examined as possible influences.By exploring this subject over a long period-in some cases reaching as far back as the seventeenth century-this book shows how changing definitions of administrators' roles reflect their position in society and permit the exploration of changing socialization processes. The long time span also shows how factors such as administrative intervention can change from being marginally important to crucial in affecting economic growth.From the diverse European experience the author distills five factors which he hypothesizes have exerted a constant positive influence on administrative intervention in economic development, and suggests how these factors might be applied in analysis of other societies. He also provides a wealth of statistical data and an extensive bibliography.Originally published in 1973.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

ONE. The Problem and the Analysis

Two. The Comparative Method

THREE. Diffusion of Development Doctrines

FOUR. Recruitment and Class Role Models

FIVE. The Family and Socialization

Six. The Structured Adolescent Peer Group

SEVEN. The Classics Barrier

EIGHT. Higher Education as Ideology

NINE. Alternatives in Higher Education

TEN. Induction to Higher Administration

ELEVEN. Career Patterns and Prospects

TWELVE. Territorial Direction and Development Initiative

THIRTEEN. Response to Challenge

FOURTEEN. Implications of Development Interventionist Role Definition

APPENDIX. On Quantitative Data

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691619057

0691619050

9781400867059

1400867053

OCLC:

767556758