| Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies Revised Edition Contributor(s): Aberbach, Joel D. (Author), Putnam, Robert D. (Author), Rockman, Bert A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674086279 ISBN-13: 9780674086272 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $40.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1981 Annotation: In uneasy partnership at the helm of the modern state stand elected party politicians and professional bureaucrats. This book is the first comprehensive comparison of these two powerful elites. In seven countries--the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and the Netherlands--researchers questioned 700 bureaucrats and 6OO politicians in an effort to understand how their aims, attitudes, and ambitions differ within cultural settings. One of the authors' most significant findings is that the worlds of these two elites overlap much more in the United States than in Europe. But throughout the West bureaucrats and politicians each wear special blinders and each have special virtues. In a well-ordered polity, the authors conclude, politicians articulate society's dreams and bureaucrats bring them gingerly to earth. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Dewey: 351.001 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.98" W x 9.16" (1.10 lbs) 322 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In uneasy partnership at the helm of the modern state stand elected party politicians and professional bureaucrats. This book is the first comprehensive comparison of these two powerful elites. In seven countries--the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and the Netherlands--researchers questioned 700 bureaucrats and 6OO politicians in an effort to understand how their aims, attitudes, and ambitions differ within cultural settings. One of the authors' most significant findings is that the worlds of these two elites overlap much more in the United States than in Europe. But throughout the West bureaucrats and politicians each wear special blinders and each have special virtues. In a well-ordered polity, the authors conclude, politicians articulate society's dreams and bureaucrats bring them gingerly to earth. |
Contributor Bio(s): Putnam, Robert D.: - Robert D. Putnam is Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and author of Bowling Alone. |