"Professor Samuel Krislov's 'Representative Bureaucracy' remains among the most important and enduring books in the field of public administration and its intersection with political science. It takes the kernel of the idea, inchoately introduced in J. Donald Kingsley's 1944 book by the same title, that public bureaucracies can be representative political institutions and it develops an overall analytic framework with empirically testable propositions that has served subsequent generations scholars very well. So well, in fact, that as the literature on representative bureaucracy blossomed, these propositions have become so ingrained that many younger scholars are unaware of their initial formulation and roots. That is one reason why the republication of this volume now is not only appropriate, but a critical step toward more tightly organizing the vast literature that it arguably spawned into a comprehensive empirically-based theory integrating all facets of the study of representative bureaucracy." - David H. Rosenbloom, Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, American University (from the new Foreword) *** Now available for the first time in hardcover edition, republished from the original classic and using embedded images from the original as well-allowing continuity of referencing and citation. New edition from Quid Pro Books bring this important work back to print, and in library-quality format, no less.

"The Negro in Federal Employment" is a classic study of civil rights in the U.S. civil service at a time of tumultuous change and reexamination. Praised widely on its initial publication in 1967, Krislov's book remains an important part of the canon of literature on African American history, labor and civil service, the political science of federal employment and bureaucratic representativeness, affirmative action, and flashpoint issues of race, discrimination, and accommodation-in short, the continuing quest for equal opportunity.

The modern "Classics of the Social Sciences" edition from Quid Pro Books adds a new, reflective preface by the author and a new foreword by Keith Boyum, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at California State University, Fullerton.

As Boyum writes, the book remains not only a useful summary of a substantial body of scholarship, "but also also draws essential information from government reports and print media" during a time of "initiatives in the struggle for civil rights." He advises: "Read the book for the historical scholarship, and expect to grasp major themes in an economical rendering." It also has "continuing usefulness in the realm of intellectual history. At least two enduring strands of conceptual work were very usefully forwarded," including representative bureaucracy and the concept of merit. "Krislov offers a still-useful primer. And in doing so, the analysis in this volume appears to anticipate the battles over affirmative action, and more broadly over who gets what, when, and how in contests featuring groups identified by race or national origin."

Finally, Boyum suggests that new readers will "recapture the sense of the times when the civil rights movement was near the top of the national agenda, and seemed unambiguously the right course of action. Yet read the book also to derive a sense of how a strong political science analysis can anticipate future policy developments"-including bias in public employment based on gender and disability, even age and pregnancy status. "In all, this is a slim yet significant book, open to a fresh appreciation."

The book does more than collect data and note trends-it provides a much-recognized intellectual frame to the issues of merit, equality, and representativeness that raw data does not convey. It provides an enduring foundation to these important issues, now available in modern print format and accompanying ebook editions to reach a new generation of readers.

"Professor Samuel Krislov's "Representative Bureaucracy" remains among the most important and enduring books in the field of public administration and its intersection with political science. It takes the kernel of the idea, inchoately introduced in J. Donald Kingsley's 1944 book by the same title, that public bureaucracies can be representative political institutions and it develops an overall analytic framework with empirically testable propositions that has served subsequent generations scholars very well. So well, in fact, that as the literature on representative bureaucracy blossomed, these propositions have become so ingrained that many younger scholars are unaware of their initial formulation and roots. That is one reason why the republication of this volume now is not only appropriate, but a critical step toward more tightly organizing the vast literature that it arguably spawned into a comprehensive empirically-based theory integrating all facets of the study of representative bureaucracy.... Krislov entered into this contentiousness over affirmative action and agency socialization] with unusual balance, sophistication, and nuance-and substantial success in advancing our thinking about how public bureaucracies can and cannot be representative."
- David H. Rosenbloom
Distinguished Professor of Public Administration,
American University, Washington D.C. ("from the new Foreword")

"Whatever Sam Krislov has written has been well ahead of the curve. This important book was pathbreaking when it was first published and remains an important statement on a timely issue. With this republication, it will now be available to a new generation of scholars." - Malcolm M. Feeley
Claire Sanders Clements Dean's Professor, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, Law School,
University of California at Berkeley

Part of the new "Classics of the Social Sciences" Series from Quid Pro Books, this modern republication of a foundational book in public administration and political science is presented with updated formatting, larger font, and embedded page numbers from the original edition-for continuity of referencing and ready classroom assignment.

Product standards affect our lives in many ways, large and trivial, overt or subtle. Nonstandard threads on light bulbs would be an incredible nuisance. Travelers learn that different electric plugs can be hazardous as well as inconvenient. And compatible computers are more and more necessary in a rapidly changing technological environment.

But nations use product standards, and manipulate them, for reasons other than rational use. The Soviet Bloc once cultivated standards to isolate themselves. In America, codes and standards are often used to favor home industries over external competition, and to favor some internal producers over others -- otherwise known as "protectionism" and "monopolization". And the European Community must develop continental product standards in order to achieve their goals of economic integration and to build community.

The emphasis that Europe 1992 placed on such standards has dramatically called attention to the role they play in everyday life and the near invisibility of the process of their formation. Samuel Krislov thoroughly explores the origins, evolutions, and influence of product standards -- their systematic choice at the national and international level, and their uses for national definitions and boundaries.

Krislov compares and contrasts the United States, the EC, the former Soviet Eastern Bloc, and Japan, to link standard choice with political styles and to trace growing internationalization based on product efficiency criteria. While standards are of mounting concern to politicians, industries, and consumers, especially since the NAFTA and EC agreements, there has been little or no rigorous study of them. Thorough and engaging, this bookexplains a crucial and poorly understood facet of modern life.

"Krislov provides a fascinating overview of an extremely important but too often neglected subject, namely business standards and the critical role they have played and continue to play in both the national and global economy. What makes his study especially valuable as its rich and detailed comparative and historical scope". David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley