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Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies
Joel D. Aberbach
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Description for Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 322 pages, 15ill.50tabs. BIC Classification: 1QFH; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674086272
SKU
V9780674086272
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About Joel D. Aberbach
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.
Reviews for Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies
This study is among the best of its kind. Indeed, few studies can equal it in the dexterity with which the data are handled. It is a serious book that will be of interest to students of comparative politics, of administration, of elites, of political culture, and of methodology. In short it is a very fine example of comparative survey ... Read more