Modern systems of government : exploring the role of bureaucrats and politicians

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Modern systems of government : exploring the role of bureaucrats and politicians

Ali Farazmand, editor

Sage Publications, c1997

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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The success or failure of empires, nation-states, and city-states often rests on the relationship between bureaucracy and politicians. In this provocative and timely volume, editor Ali Farazmand examines the myriad relationships between politicians and bureaucrats and how they affect modern governance. This book is organized around the major themes of professionalism, bureaucracy, governance, and the relationship between career bureaucrats/higher civil servants and political appointees/politicians under presidential and parliamentary systems. After introducing the basic elements of bureaucracies in Part I, the book discusses the relations between bureaucrats and politicians in presidential systems in Part II as well as in parliamentary systems in Part III. This original and up-to-date book will fill a gap in the literature on the relationship between bureaucrats and politicians in modern governance and public administration. It can be used as a primary or supplementary text at the undergraduate and graduate level for those interested in public administration, comparative public policy, political science, and government.

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Introduction - Ali Farazmand PART ONE: PROFESSIONALISM, BUREAUCRACY, AND MODERN GOVERNANCE Coups and Crashes - Fred W Riggs Lessons for Public Administration Professionalism, Bureaucracy, and Modern Governance - Ali Farazmand A Comparative Analysis Professionalism in Bureaucracy - Renu Khator Some Comparisons Based on the Indian Case The US Civil Service 1883-1993 (RIP) - Frederick Thayer Political Power and the Centrality of Administration - Matthew Holden Jr PART TWO: BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS IN PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS The US Constitutional Separation of Powers and Federal Administration - David H Rosenbloom Politics and Bureaucracy - Francis E Rourke Their Impact on Professionalism The Pendleton Act of 1883 and Professionalism in the US Public Service - Paul P Van Riper Transients and Careerists in Latin America - Lawrence S Graham PART THREE: BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS IN PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS Bureaucrats and Political Appointees in European Democracies - B Guy Peters Who Is Who and Does It Make Any Difference? Getting On in Government - Francis Terry Political Priorities and Professional Civil Servants PART FOUR: THE STATE OF THE CURRENT STATE `Honey, I Shrank the State' - Bert A Rockman

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