Bureaucracy And Administration

Author : Ali Farazmand
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1420015222

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Bureaucracy and Administration by Ali Farazmand Pdf

Bureaucracy is an age-old form of government that has survived since ancient times; it has provided order and persisted with durability, dependability, and stability. The popularity of the first edition of this book, entitled Handbook of Bureaucracy, is testimony to the endurance of bureaucratic institutions. Reflecting the accelerated globalization of corporate capitalism, cultures, and governance systems and the additional complexity in the tasks of public administrators, Bureaucracy and Administration presents a comprehensive, global perspective that highlights the dramatic changes of the last 15 years in governance, business, and public administration. Reflects Dramatic Changes in Governance, Business, and Public Administration Through articles contributed by international experts, this volume provides a thorough analysis of bureaucracies worldwide and their effect on politics, economics, and society. The book begins by exploring the historical antecedents of bureaucracy, looking at some of the great ancient civilizations and their administrative traditions, achievements, and contributions to modern administration and governance systems. In the next section, leading scholars from political science, sociology, governance, and public administration present a detailed review of theoretical and conceptual perspectives on bureaucracies and bureaucratic politics. Following an examination of bureaucracy and public management and presenting topics such as the response to Hurricane Katrina, training of bureaucrats, and ethical issues, contributors review bureaucratic politics in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The book concludes with a focused analysis of bureaucracy, change, reform, and revolution, highlighting implications for future governance and administration. Comprising theoretical and empirical analyses and including perspectives which span from ancient to modern times, this volume comprehensively and authoritatively advances the knowledge of the nature, role, and function of bureaucracy as the core of sound governance and administration around the world.

Author : Michael W. Bauer,Christoph Knill,Steffen Eckhard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349949779

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International Bureaucracy by Michael W. Bauer,Christoph Knill,Steffen Eckhard Pdf

This book applies established analytical concepts such as influence, authority, administrative styles, autonomy, budgeting and multilevel administration to the study of international bureaucracies and their political environment. It reflects on the commonalities and differences between national and international administrations and carefully constructs the impact of international administrative tools on policy making. The book shows how the study of international bureaucracies can fertilize interdisciplinary discourse, in particular between International Relations, Comparative Government and Public Administration. The book makes a forceful argument for Public Administration to take on the challenge of internationalization.

Author : Brian J. Cook
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421415536

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Bureaucracy and Self-Government by Brian J. Cook Pdf

A thorough update to this well-regarded political history of American public administration. In this new edition of his provocative book Bureaucracy and Self-Government, Brian J. Cook reconsiders his thesis regarding the inescapable tension between the ideal of self-government and the reality of administratively centered governance. Revisiting his historical exploration of competing conceptions of politics, government, and public administration, Cook offers a novel way of thinking constitutionally about public administration that transcends debates about “big government.” Cook enriches his historical analysis with new scholarship and extends that analysis to the present, taking account of significant developments since the mid-1990s. Each chapter has been updated, and two new chapters sharpen Cook’s argument for recognizing a constitutive dimension in normative theorizing about public administration. The second edition also includes reviews of Jeffersonian impacts on administrative theory and practice and Jacksonian developments in national administrative structures and functions, a look at the administrative theorizing that presaged progressive reforms in civil service, and insight into the confounding complexities that characterize public thinking about administration in a postmodern political order.

Author : Ali Farazmand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351564663

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Handbook of Bureaucracy by Ali Farazmand Pdf

This encyclopedic reference/text provides an analysis of the basic issues and major aspects of bureaucracy, bureaucratic politics and administrative theory, public policy, and public administration in historical and contemporary perspectives. Examining theoretical, philosophical, and empirical interpretations, as well as the intricate position of b

Author : Jon Pierre
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1781959714

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Bureaucracy in the Modern State by Jon Pierre Pdf

Public administration is under increasing pressure to become more efficient, better geared to the demands and opinions of citizens, more open to contacts with transnational bureaucracies, and more responsive to the ideas of elected policy makers

Author : James Q. Wilson
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781541646254

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Bureaucracy by James Q. Wilson Pdf

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.

Author : Charles T. Goodsell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015016192224

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The Case for Bureaucracy by Charles T. Goodsell Pdf

"The Case for Bureaucracy" vigorously makes the argument that the public servants and administrative institutions of government in America are among the best in the world. Contrary to popular myth, they are not sources of great waste or threat to liberty, but social assets of critical value to a functioning democracy. In presenting his case, Goodsell covers many aspects of public administration and draws on current events to bring the material alive and up-to-date. This new edition incorporates September 11th and its consequences for public administration. Also a complete assessment is made of the Reinventing Government movement and related reforms.

Author : Fred A. Kramer
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Winthrop Publishers
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039242156

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Dynamics of Public Bureaucracy by Fred A. Kramer Pdf

Author : Camilla Stivers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429980664

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Democracy, Bureaucracy, And The Study Of Administration by Camilla Stivers Pdf

This anthology addresses several of the most central ideas in the field of public administration. These ideas are as relevant to public budgeting as they are to performance measurement or human resource management. Collectively and individually the essays explore what Dwight Waldo referred to as the ?political theories? of public administration: issues that are ultimately unresolvable yet crucial to understanding the nature of public administrative practice. How can democracy and efficiency be balanced? Can there be a science of administration? How should we think about administrative accountability? What is the nature of the relationship between citizen and state? Is professionalism an adequate mechanism for ensuring accountability? How efficient can or should bureaucracy be? What is proper leadership by administrators hoping to address political democracy and managerial efficiency? This ASPA Classics Volumes serves to connect the practice of public policy and administration with the normative theory base that has accrued and the models for practice that may be deduced from this theory.

Author : B. Guy Peters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Bureaucracy
ISBN : 0679303383

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The Politics of Bureaucracy by B. Guy Peters Pdf

Author : George A. Krause,Kenneth J. Meier
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0472024043

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Politics, Policy, and Organizations by George A. Krause,Kenneth J. Meier Pdf

This groundbreaking work provides a new and more accurate guide to the interactions of bureaucracies with other political institutions and the public at large."--Jacket.

Author : Glen Krutz,Sylvie Waskiewicz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1738998479

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American Government 3e by Glen Krutz,Sylvie Waskiewicz Pdf

Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.

Author : Steven J. Balla,William T. Gormley, Jr.
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781506348896

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Bureaucracy and Democracy by Steven J. Balla,William T. Gormley, Jr. Pdf

Given the influence of public bureaucracies in policymaking and implementation, Steven J. Balla and William T. Gormley assess their performance using four key perspectives—bounded rationality, principal-agent theory, interest group mobilization, and network theory—to help students develop an analytic framework for evaluating bureaucratic accountability. The new Fourth Edition provides a thorough review of bureaucracy during the Obama and Trump administrations, as well as new attention to state and local level examples and the role of bureaucratic values.

Author : Kenneth J. Meier,Laurence J. O'Toole
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801883563

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Bureaucracy in a Democratic State by Kenneth J. Meier,Laurence J. O'Toole Pdf

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Author : O.P. Dwivedi,James Iain Gow
Publisher : Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015050704124

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From Bureaucracy to Public Management by O.P. Dwivedi,James Iain Gow Pdf

This book is about the systems of values, traditions, perceptions, and meanings existing in the Canadian federal public service since the First World War. Surveying that history, it considers the conflict of values arising from the attempt to add New Public Management values to older bureaucratic ones. These tensions are looked at from an ethical viewpoint, but also from that of the relationship between ends and means. Are the means proposed really likely to meet the ends proclaimed? Attempts to change a culture from the top down run against daily realities; the interests, training, and experience of all employees, elites, and others. Authors Dwivedi and Gow intend this overview to enable readers to appreciate the complex world of Canada's public servants. A joint publication with The Institute of Public Administration of Canada.