Representative Bureaucracy - Classic Readings and Continuing Controversies (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Julie Dolan • David H. Rosenbloom
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-7656-0960-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Civil service & public sector Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Personnel & human resources management
LSN:	0-7656-0960-6
Barcode:	9780765609601

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