Bureaucracy : what government agencies do and why they do it

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

Bureaucracy : what government agencies do and why they do it

James Q. Wilson

Basic Books, c1989

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

Available at  / 40 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-408) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780465007844

Description

A leading expert explains what government bureaucracies do and why they behave the way they do.. Bureaucracy is the classic study of the way American government agencies work and how they can be made to work better. Examining a wide range of bureaucracies, including the Army, the FBI, the FCC, and the Social Security Administration, James Q. Wilson provides the first comprehensive, in-depth analysis of what government agencies do, why they function as they do, and how they might become more responsible and effective. With a new introduction by the author.

Table of Contents

Organizations Armies, Prisons, Schools Organization Matters * Operators Circumstances Beliefs Interests Culture * Managers Constraints People Compliance * Executives Turf Strategies Innovation * Context Congress Presidents Courts National Differences * Change Problems Rules Markets Bureaucracy and the Public Interest
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780465007851

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Organizations * Armies, Prisons, Schools * Organization Matters Operators * Circumstances * Beliefs * Interests * Culture Managers * Constraints * People * Compliance Executives * Turf * Strategies * Innovation Context * Congress * Presidents * Courts * National Differences Change * Problems * Rules * Markets * Bureaucracy and the Public Interest

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top