Bureaucracy: Three Paradigms
Neil . Ed(S): Garston
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Description for Bureaucracy: Three Paradigms
Paperback. Editor(s): Garston, Neil. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JP; KCZ; KJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
The study of bureaucracy must include certain key questions: what are bureaucrats and bureaucracies; why do they exist and what are their functions; how do they behave; how much power do they possess; what is their impact on efficiency and production; and how do they affect society?
This book contains analyses of all these issues, done by a variety of economists of differing backgrounds, approaches and opinions, broadly categorized under the labels Neoclassical, Institutionalist, and Marxist, although there are overlaps and correspondences that cross ideological and/or paradigmal boundaries.
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The study of bureaucracy must include certain key questions: what are bureaucrats and bureaucracies; why do they exist and what are their functions; how do they behave; how much power do they possess; what is their impact on efficiency and production; and how do they affect society?
This book contains analyses of all these issues, done by a variety of economists of differing backgrounds, approaches and opinions, broadly categorized under the labels Neoclassical, Institutionalist, and Marxist, although there are overlaps and correspondences that cross ideological and/or paradigmal boundaries.
... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Series
Recent Economic Thought
Number of Pages
245
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401046121
SKU
V9789401046121
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Reviews for Bureaucracy: Three Paradigms
`... this is really an interesting and worthwhile reading book ... and I can only recommend it to every reader who wants to know something about bureaucracy.' Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 152:3 (1996)