The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Polemic
- ISBN-10
- 0934540551
- ISBN-13
- 9780934540551
- Category
- Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration
- Pages
- 212
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Chatham House Publishers
- Author
- Charles T. Goodsell
Description
This volume argues that American public servants and administrative institutions are among the best in the world. Contrary to popular stereotypes, they are neither sources of great waste nor a threat to liberty, but social assets of critical value to a functioning democracy. In presenting his case, the author touches on core aspects of public administration while drawing on recent events to bring case material and empirical evidence up to date. This text provides data on public perceptions of bureaucracy, information on the delegation of policy implementation to contractors and nonprofits, statistics regarding quality-of-life improvements in American society, profiles of real bureaucrats -- and citizen interaction with them -- intended to give bureaucracy a human face, material on bureaucratic contributions to the political system that go beyond implementing policy, an analysis of current reform proposals focused on market competition and business management practices, and the author's proposals for ways to improve bureaucracy.
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Other editions
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- 1983
- 179 pages
- Paperback
- Chatham House Publishers
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- 2004
- 208 pages
- Paperback
- SAGE Publications
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