Bureaucracy And Self Government

Author : Brian J. Cook
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,6 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 : Dennis D. Riley,Bryan E. Brophy-Baermann
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742538109

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Bureaucracy and the Policy Process by Dennis D. Riley,Bryan E. Brophy-Baermann Pdf

The central role that bureaucracy plays in the policy process is played by individuals, namely, by subject matter experts and managers we call political executives. These executives do not play their role in a vacuum, of course, but in a context defined by three key forces--the organizational environment of bureaucracy itself; our governing philosophy stressing responsiveness, respect for individual rights, and accountability; and the demands of the people and the institutions those people have created to govern themselves. This book explores how these three forces collide and how the resulting collision shapes the way in which bureaucracy makes policy, as well as the final product of that policy making process. It provides an in-depth look at each of these forces, with chapters specifically devoted to how bureaucrats interpret their role in the policy process, how the organizational environment influences their ability to play that role, and, most of all, to the interactions between bureaucrats and the institutions of what we call the Constitutional government: the President, the Congress, and the courts. It does this, all the while reminding us that fitting bureaucracy into a society that views itself as self-governing is no easy task.

Author : Judith E. Gruber,Judith Emily Gruber
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0520056469

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Controlling Bureaucracies by Judith E. Gruber,Judith Emily Gruber Pdf

"The author treats the classic problem of achieving democratic control over powerful bureaucracies very successfully both by treating familiar material in a new and important way and by presenting new empirical evidence on the problem. . . . This is the most sophisticated and systematic work on the subject. . . . exceedingly well written--succinct, direct, and even graceful."--Dale Rogers Marshall, University of California, Davis "The author treats the classic problem of achieving democratic control over powerful bureaucracies very successfully both by treating familiar material in a new and important way and by presenting new empirical evidence on the problem. . . . This is the most sophisticated and systematic work on the subject. . . . exceedingly well written--succinct, direct, and even graceful."--Dale Rogers Marshall, University of California, Davis

Author : Ramsay Muir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:227283416

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National Self-government, Its Growth and Principles by Ramsay Muir Pdf

Author : Ramsay Muir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Europe
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048714948

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National Self-government, Its Growth and Principles by Ramsay Muir Pdf

Author : Christopher Hood
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691162126

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The Blame Game by Christopher Hood Pdf

The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. Political and bureaucratic blame games and blame avoidance are more often condemned than analyzed. In The Blame Game, Christopher Hood takes a different approach by showing how blame avoidance shapes the workings of government and public services. Arguing that the blaming phenomenon is not all bad, Hood demonstrates that it can actually help to pin down responsibility, and he examines different kinds of blame avoidance, both positive and negative. Hood traces how the main forms of blame avoidance manifest themselves in presentational and "spin" activity, the architecture of organizations, and the shaping of standard operating routines. He analyzes the scope and limits of blame avoidance, and he considers how it plays out in old and new areas, such as those offered by the digital age of websites and e-mail. Hood assesses the effects of this behavior, from high-level problems of democratic accountability trails going cold to the frustrations of dealing with organizations whose procedures seem to ensure that no one is responsible for anything. Delving into the inner workings of complex institutions, The Blame Game proves how a better understanding of blame avoidance can improve the quality of modern governance, management, and organizational design.

Author : Ramsay Muir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 1330656032

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National Self-Government by Ramsay Muir Pdf

Excerpt from National Self-Government: Its Growth and Principles, the Culmination of Modern History The purpose of this book is twofold. In the first place, I have tried to provide a brief historical survey of the development of parliamentary institutions in the modern world, such as will put the ordinary citizen in possession of the facts which he requires if he is to form a sound judgment upon the working of the system in our own and other countries. In the second place, I have tried to use this historical survey as a means of elucidating the problems of self-government, the difficulties which it has to face, the conditions which are necessary for its success, and the ways in which it is affected by the characters and traditions of the various nations which have adopted it. The book makes no pretence to be a scientific historical treatise on its subject. It is not systematic or exhaustive; it includes few facts which are not, or ought not to be, pretty generally known; it leaves almost untouched the development of the institutions of half the countries of Europe, and of all the new lands of the non-European world, excepting the United States; not because these countries do not present features of great interest, but because I had to keep my book within reasonable compass, and the mam points which I wished to elucidate seemed to be adequately illustrated in the countries I have selected for fuller treatment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Henry Jacoby,Professor Henry Jacoby
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520020839

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The Bureaucratization of the World by Henry Jacoby,Professor Henry Jacoby Pdf

Author : David John Farmer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317453550

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To Kill the King by David John Farmer Pdf

To Kill the King sketches post-traditional consciousness in terms of three rejuvenating concepts - thinking as play, justice as seeking, and practice as art. In a series of critical essays on each of these concepts, the book describes a post-traditional consciousness of governance that can yield enormous improvement in the quality of life for each individual. To Kill the King will appeal to any professor (whether in the post-modern camp or not) who wants to expose students to fresh challenges and insights.

Author : Ludwig Von Mises
Publisher : Dead Authors Society
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1773230468

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Bureaucracy by Ludwig Von Mises Pdf

Author Ludwig von Mises was concerned with the spread of socialist ideals and the increasing bureaucratization of economic life. While he does not deny the necessity of certain bureaucratic structures for the smooth operation of any civilized state, he disagrees with the extent to which it has come to dominate the public life of European countries and the United States. The author's purpose is to demonstrate that the negative aspects of bureaucracy are not so much a result of bad policies or corruption as the public tends to think but are the bureaucratic structures due to the very tasks these structures have to deal with. The main body of the book is therefore devoted to a comparison between private enterprise on the one hand and bureaucratic agencies/public enterprise on the other.

Author : Paul R. Verkuil
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107176591

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Valuing Bureaucracy by Paul R. Verkuil Pdf

In this book, Verkuil uses his inside perspective on government to examine the increasing impact of private contractors on governance. Outsourcing of government functions is on the rise and is of concern to scholars and practitioners, and the reputation of the author will bring considerable attention to this book.

Author : Amanda Clarke
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774836951

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Opening the Government of Canada by Amanda Clarke Pdf

Opening the Government of Canada presents a compelling case for a more open model of governance in the digital age – but a model that also continues to uphold democratic principles at the heart of the Westminster system. Amanda Clarke details the untold story of the federal bureaucracy’s efforts to adapt to digital-age pressures from the mid-2000s onward. This book reveals the mismatch between the bureaucracy’s closed government traditions and evolving citizen expectations and digital tools. Striking a balance between reform and tradition, lays out a roadmap for building a democratically robust, digital-era federal government.

Author : Andreas Bågenholm,Monika Bauhr,Marcia Grimes,Bo Rothstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191899003

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The Oxford Handbook of the Quality of Government by Andreas Bågenholm,Monika Bauhr,Marcia Grimes,Bo Rothstein Pdf

Recent research demonstrates that the quality of public institutions is crucial for a number of important environmental, social, economic, and political outcomes, and thereby human well-being. The Quality of Government (QoG) approach directs attention to issues such as impartiality in the exercise of public power, professionalism in public service delivery, effective measures against corruption, and meritocracy instead of patronage and nepotism. This Handbook offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of this rapidly expanding research field and also identifies viable avenues for future research. The initial chapters focus on theoretical approaches and debates, and the central question of how QoG can be measured. A second set of chapters examines the wealth of empirical research on how QoG relates to democratization, social trust and cohesion, ethnic diversity, happiness and human wellbeing, democratic accountability, economic growth and inequality, political legitimacy, environmental sustainability, gender equality, and the outbreak of civil conflicts. The remaining chapters turn to the perennial issue of which contextual factors and policy approaches—national, local, and international—have proven successful (and not so successful) for increasing QoG. The Quality of Government approach both challenges and complements important strands of inquiry in the social sciences. For research about democratization, QoG adds the importance of taking state capacity into account. For economics, the QoG approach shows that in order to produce economic prosperity, markets need to be embedded in institutions with a certain set of qualities. For development studies, QoG emphasizes that issues relating to corruption are integral to understanding development writ large.

Author : Peter Self
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415570794

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Political Theories of Modern Government by Peter Self Pdf

This reissued work, originally published in 1985, is a uniquely broad and original survey of theories and beliefs about the growth, behaviour, performance and reform of the governments of modern Western democracies. After analysing the external pressures which have shaped modern governments, the author examines four different schools of political thought which seek to explain the behaviour and performance of governments, and which offer different remedies for the pluralism, corporatism and bureaucracy. To examine and test these general theories, the author looks closely at how governments actually work. The book is illustrated with examples drawn from various Western societies. The final chapters present the authorâe(tm)s own conclusion about the future role of government, the limits of market philosophy, the future of politics, and the principles and problems of institutional reform.

Author : Douglas Yates
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674086112

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Bureaucratic Democracy by Douglas Yates Pdf

Although everyone agrees on the need to make government work better, few understand public bureaucracy sufficiently well to offer useful suggestions, either theoretical or practical. In fact, some consider bureaucratic efficiency incompatible with democratic government. Douglas Yates places the often competing aims of efficiency and democracy in historical perspective and then presents a unique and systematic theory of the politics of bureaucracy, which he illustrates with examples from recent history and from empirical research. He argues that the United States operates under a system of "bureaucratic democracy," in which governmental decisions increasingly are made in bureaucratic settings, out of the public eye. He describes the rational, selfinterested bureaucrat as a "minimaxer," who inches forward inconspicuously, gradually accumulating larger budgets and greater power, in an atmosphere of segmented pluralism, of conflict and competition, of silent politics. To make the policy process more competitive, democratic, and open, Yates calls for strategic debate among policymakers and bureaucrats and insists that bureaucrats should give a public accounting of their significant decisions rather than bury them in incremental changes. He offers concrete proposals, applicable to federal, state, and local governments, for simplifying the now-chaotic bureaucratic policymaking system and at the same time bolstering representation and openness. This is a book for all political scientists, policymakers, government officials, and concerned citizens. It may well become a classic statement on the workings of public bureaucracy.