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Bureaucracy in a democratic state [electronic resource] : a governance perspective / Kenneth J. Meier, Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr.

By: Meier, Kenneth J, 1950-.
Contributor(s): O'Toole, Laurence J, 1948- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Description: xi, 181 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Bureaucracy | Democracy | Public administrationGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 302.3/5 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Governance and the bureaucracy problem -- Democracy and political control of the bureaucracy -- Structural barriers to political control -- Political control versus bureaucratic values : representative bureaucracy and Latino representation -- Inside the bureaucracy : principals, agents, and bureaucratic strategy -- Democracy, bureaucracy, and modern governance.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-175) and index.

Governance and the bureaucracy problem -- Democracy and political control of the bureaucracy -- Structural barriers to political control -- Political control versus bureaucratic values : representative bureaucracy and Latino representation -- Inside the bureaucracy : principals, agents, and bureaucratic strategy -- Democracy, bureaucracy, and modern governance.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.