| Representative Bureaucracy: Classic Readings and Continuing Controversies Contributor(s): Dolan, Julie (Author), Rosenbloom, David H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765609614 ISBN-13: 9780765609618 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 352.630 |
| LCCN: 2002030855 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.36" W x 8.84" (0.70 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The readings in this collection provide a comprehensive guide to the established knowledge and emerging issues regarding democratizing public bureaucracies by making them socially representative. The book includes both classic and cutting-edge works, and presents a contemporary model for analyzing representative bureaucracy that focuses on the linkages between social origins, life experiences, attitudes, and administrators' decision making. The selections address many of the leading concerns of contemporary politics, including diversity and equal opportunity policy, democratic control of administration, administrative performance, the pros and cons of the new public management, and reinventing government. Many of the field's most cited works are included. Each chapter starts with an introductory summary of the key questions under consideration and concludes with discussion questions. With it's extensive selection of classic and contemporary readings, the book will have wide application for courses on bureaucracy, public administration, and public sector human resource management. |