The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration PolemicChatham House Publishers, 1994 - 226 pages Tables and Figures p. ix Preface p. xi 1 Bureaucracy Despised, Disparaged, and Defended p. 1 A Brief for Bureaucracy p. 3 A Bit of Bureaucratic History p. 7 The Academics Debate Bureaucracy: The Opponents p. 11 The Academics Debate Bureaucracy: The Supporters p. 18 2 What Citizens Experience from Bureaucracy p. 24 Surveying the Surveys p. 24 Reflections on the Surveys p. 31 Direct Performance Measures p. 33 Accomplishments of America p. 38 3 More Bureaucracy Myths to Delete p. 42 The Myth of Determinism p. 42 The Myth of Discrimination p. 46 The Business-Is-Better Myth p. 48 The Bureaucracy-Is-Backward Myth p. 54 4 Ask the Impossible of Bureaucracy? Easy! p. 59 No-Win Situations and Red Tape p. 60 When Many Governments Act p. 65 When Public Action Is Dispersed p. 71 Solve Those Problems! p. 81 5 Looking Closer at Those Bureaucrats p. 84 Their Representativeness p. 84 Their "Personality" p. 94 Their Motivations p. 101 Their Lesser-Known p. 107 6 Bureaucratic Bigness and Badness Reconsidered p. 112 The Size of Bureaucracy p. 112 Growth, Aging, and Badness p. 115 The Political Power of Bureaucracy p. 124 The Political Contributions of Bureaucracy p. 128 7 Fads and Fundamentals of Bureaucracy p. 139 The Case Recapitulated p. 139 The Reforms Reviewed p. 141 Bureaucracy's Fundamentals as Metaphor p. 157 Notes p. 163 Selected Books p. 185 Index p. 193. |
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... United States is the home of the world's only good , let alone best , public bureaucracy . To make internation comparisons adequately , solid , empirical data are needed , and unfortunately few exist . That which is available falls into ...
... United States is the home of the world's only good , let alone best , public bureaucracy . To make internation comparisons adequately , solid , empirical data are needed , and unfortunately few exist . That which is available falls into ...
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... United States was the sixth most productive.56 Some years ago I personally conducted an empirical comparison of the postal systems of the United States and Costa Rica , along a number of di- mensions . The methodology included ...
... United States was the sixth most productive.56 Some years ago I personally conducted an empirical comparison of the postal systems of the United States and Costa Rica , along a number of di- mensions . The methodology included ...
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... United States and elsewhere on status of father's occupation ( higher civil ser- vants only ) : United States United Kingdom Denmark France Turkey India .47 .53 .66 .78 .82 .89 Meier concludes that “ the United States civil service does ...
... United States and elsewhere on status of father's occupation ( higher civil ser- vants only ) : United States United Kingdom Denmark France Turkey India .47 .53 .66 .78 .82 .89 Meier concludes that “ the United States civil service does ...
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Bureaucracy Despised Disparaged and Defended | 1 |
What Citizens Experience from Bureaucracy | 25 |
More Suspicions and Surprises re Bureaucracy | 49 |
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