Bureaucrats and politicians in western democracies /
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[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Joel D. Aberbach, Robert D. Putnam, Bert A. Rockman ; with the collaboration of Thomas J. Anton, Samuel J. Eldersveld, Ronald Inglehart.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, Mass. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Harvard University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1981.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-298) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Strategy of Inquiry""; ""3. Paths to the Top""; ""4. Roles and Styles in Policymaking""; ""5. The Compass of Elite Ideology""; ""6. Democrats, Pluralists, Populists, and Others""; ""7. Interactions at the Top""; ""8. Energy and Equilibrium in the Policy Process""; ""Notes""; ""Prior Publications""; ""Index""
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 blinders and each have special virtues. In a well-ordered polity, the authors conclude, politicians articulate society's dreams and bureaucrats bring them gingerly to earth.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctvjtt2w7
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Title
Bureaucrats and politicians in western democracies.
International Standard Book Number
9780674086258
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Government executives-- Europe.
Government executives-- United States.
Politicians-- Europe.
Politicians-- United States.
Hauts fonctionnaires-- États-Unis.
Hauts fonctionnaires-- Europe.
Hommes politiques-- États-Unis.
Hommes politiques-- Europe.
Bureaucratie.
Government executives.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Affairs & Administration.