The Politics of Bureaucracy

B. Guy Peters

5th Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Routledge is proud to publish the fifth edition of this comprehensive, comparative exploration of the political and policy-making roles of public bureaucracies in nations around the world. Written by a leading authority in the field, it offers an extensive, well documented, comparative analysis stressing the effects of politics and organised interests on bureaucracy.

New to the fifth edition:
*a new chapter on administrative reform
*more material on administration in developing countries
*more coverage of the European Union and more discussion of international bureaucracies
*revision and up-dating to take into account the wealth of new literature that has emerged in recent years.

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Routledge

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Book information

ISBN:	9780415194761
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	05 Jul 2001
Edition:	5th Edition
DEWEY:	351
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	384
Weight:	703g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	26mm