Politics Power And Bureaucracy In France

Author : Ezra N. Suleiman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400872664

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Politics, Power, and Bureaucracy in France by Ezra N. Suleiman Pdf

The interaction between politics and administration has generally been ignored by students of bureaucracy. Ezra N. Suleiman, however, views the French bureaucracy as a dynamic and integral part of the French political system. Using survey data as well as historical and contemporary sources, he concentrates on the highest officials and examines their relationships with both the political sector and the society. After identifying the place of the state in French society the author deals with the recruitment of higher civil servants, using comparative data to explain why the high social origins of French civil servants have remained constant. His investigation of the important institutional mechanisms of the central administration stresses that even a centralized and powerful bureaucracy must be seen as a complex of institutions rather than as a monolithic organization. Finally the author deals with the relations of the higher civil servants with other groups in society and with the regime of the Fifth Republic. Originally published in 1974. 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.

Author : Ezra N. Suleiman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:80766148

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Politics, Power and Bureaucracy in France by Ezra N. Suleiman Pdf

Author : Ezra N
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1433028620

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Politics, Power and Bureaucracy in France by Ezra N Pdf

Author : Howard G. Brown
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780191590733

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War, Revolution, and the Bureaucratic State : Politics and Army Administration in France, 1791-1799 by Howard G. Brown Pdf

This book examines a period of particular importance in the formation of the modern French state. The revolutionary strife and international war of the 1790s had important and far-reaching consequences for the development of democracy and bureaucracy in France. Howard G. Brown's study of changes in army administration in this period sheds light on the dynamic relationship between the spread of political participation, the rationalization of public power, and the build-up of military might. Dr Brown shows how the exigencies of war and the vagaries of revolutionary politics wrought rapid and profound changes in the structures and personnel of army administration. Although loath to see a massive military bureaucracy take root, legislators found that their desire to combine civilian control with military effectiveness made a large central administration unavoidable.

Author : F. F. Ridley,J. Blondel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781040026878

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Public Administration in France by F. F. Ridley,J. Blondel Pdf

Originally published in 1964, this book was an important addition to the growing field of comparative government and administration. This book covers the organisation of the French cabinet, the structure and functions of government departments and of local authorities, the civil service, the police, the judiciary and public enterprise. There are also chapters on economic planning, the administration of social services and of the educational system. The book explains the spirit as well as the mechanism of the French administrative system, the principles that underly it and the wider background against which it is set

Author : Edward Page
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Authority
ISBN : MINN:31951D010394961

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Political Authority and Bureaucratic Power by Edward Page Pdf

The updated edition of this text develops a Weberian perspective through a comparative analysis of the development of bureaucracy in France, Germany, Britain and the USA. It explores the recruitment, training, work and competence of top bureaucrats and includes a section on the EC perspective.

Author : Frederick F. Ridley,Jean Blondel
Publisher : Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015002192485

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Public Administration in France by Frederick F. Ridley,Jean Blondel Pdf

Author : Andrew Knapp,Vincent Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134247905

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The Government and Politics of France by Andrew Knapp,Vincent Wright Pdf

The Government and Politics of France has been the leading textbook on French politics for over a generation, and continues to provide students with a comprehensive and incisive introduction to the intricacies of French politics and government. This edition updates every chapter, with the addition of a new chapter on France and Europe. Recent events necessitate a new edition, particularly the 2002 elections and the growing interpenetration of France and the EU in student programmes, as well as in the real world. Whether covering the shifting balance within France's two-headed executive, the paradoxes of the French party politics, the power and fragmentation of France's administration, the growing assertiveness of French local government, or the newly visible world of the judiciary, The Government and Politics of France has always sought to confront established paradigms with the complex and untidy reality of French politics at the grass roots.

Author : Vincent Dubois
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317039723

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The Bureaucrat and the Poor by Vincent Dubois Pdf

Welfare offices usually attract negative descriptions of bureaucracy with their queues, routines, and impersonal nature. Are they anonymous machines or the locus of neutral service relationships? Showing how people experience state public administration, The Bureaucrat and the Poor provides a realistic view of French welfare policies, institutions and reforms and, in doing so, dispels both of these myths. Combining Lipsky's street-level bureaucracy theory with the sociology of Bourdieu and Goffman, this research analyses face-to-face encounters and demonstrates the complex relationship between welfare agents, torn between their institutional role and their personal feelings, and welfare applicants, required to translate their personal experience into bureaucratic categories. Placing these interactions within the broader context of social structures and class, race and gender, the author unveils both the social determinations of these interpersonal relationships and their social functions. Increasing numbers of welfare applicants, coupled with mass unemployment, family transformations and the so-called 'integration problem' of migrants into French society deeply affect these encounters. Staff manage tense situations with no additional resources - some become personally involved, while others stick to their bureaucratic role; most of them alternate between involvement and detachment, assistance and domination. Welfare offices have become a place for 're-socialisation', where people can talk about their personal problems and ask for advice. On the other hand, bureaucratic encounters are increasingly violent, symbolically if not physically. More than ever, they are now a means of regulating the poor.

Author : Douglas A. Van Belle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403973481

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Media, Bureaucracies, and Foreign Aid by Douglas A. Van Belle Pdf

This is the first sustained comparative examination of the importance of media attention on the provision of economic assistance, suggesting that the news media is an important medium for policy makers to gauge potential domestic political pressures and thus the need to be responsive and even anticipatory in addressing problems real or perceived. Particular attention is paid to the responsiveness of bureaucracies, long held to be among the most insulated institutions of government. Cross-national in scope, this book looks at the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Japan, facilitating a nuanced understanding of the interaction of international and domestic politics as mediated by the media.

Author : Larry B. Hill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315288512

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The State of Public Bureaucracy by Larry B. Hill Pdf

The authors explore the many ways that gender and communication intersect and affect each other. Every chapter encourages a consideration of how gender attitudes and practices, past and current, influence personal notions of what it means not only to be female and male, but feminine and masculine. The second edition of this student friendly and accessible text is filled with contemporary examples, activities, and exercises to help students put theoretical concepts into practice.

Author : B. Guy Peters,Patrick von Maravić,Eckhard Schröter
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857936011

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Politics of Representative Bureaucracy by B. Guy Peters,Patrick von Maravić,Eckhard Schröter Pdf

What is the relationship between the composition of the public sector workforce and the nature of the society it serves? Taking a comparative and analytical perspective, the authoritative and accessible chapters illustrate the salience of representativ

Author : Eva Etzioni-Halevy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135027292

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Bureaucracy and Democracy by Eva Etzioni-Halevy Pdf

Although a powerful, independent bureaucracy poses a threat to democracy, it is indispensable to its proper functioning. This book provides an overview of the complex relationship between bureaucracy and the politics of democracy and is essential reading for students of sociology, political science and public administration. It is designed to guide students through the maze of classical and modern theories on the topic, to give them basic information on the historical developments in this area and the present them with case histories of the actual relationship between bureaucrats and politicians in democratic societies.

Author : Robert Elgie,Emiliano Grossman,Amy G. Mazur
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199669691

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The Oxford Handbook of French Politics by Robert Elgie,Emiliano Grossman,Amy G. Mazur Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of French Politics provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of the French political system through the lens of political science. The Handbook is organized into three parts: the first part identifies foundational concepts for the French case, including chapters on republicanism and social welfare; the second part focuses on thematic large-scale processes, such identity, governance, and globalization; while the third part examines a wide range of issues relating to substantive politics and policy, among which are chapters on political representation, political culture, social movements, economic policy, gender policy, and defense and security policy. The volume brings together established and emerging scholars and seeks to examine the French political system from a comparative perspective. The contributors provide a state-of-the-art review both of the comparative scholarly literature and the study of the French case, making The Oxford Handbook of French Politics an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the foundations of contemporary political life in France.

Author : Helen V. Milner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691010748

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Resisting Protectionism by Helen V. Milner Pdf

Milner explores the similarities between the economic conditions of the 1920s and the 1970s, where both Western Europe and the U.S. had high unemploymnet rates and sizeable agricultural and industrial overcapacity. She draws on evidence from six U.S. industries in the 1920s, six U.S. firms in the 1970s, and six French industries in the 1970s, and concludes that in the 1970s both nations had corporations with international market interests than they had in the 1920s. She believes that in modern industrial nations, the corporate sector plays an important role in policy determination, and that any move toward protectionism would be at the behest of large corporations with international interests. ISBN 0-691-05670-6: $29.50.