Bureaucrats and politicians in western democracies /
Aberbach, Joel D.
Bureaucrats and politicians in western democracies / Joel D. Aberbach, Robert D. Putnam, Bert A. Rockman ; with the collaboration of Thomas J. Anton, Samuel J. Eldersveld, Ronald Inglehart. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1981. - 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-298) and index.
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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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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9780674020047 (electronic bk.) 0674020049 (electronic bk.) 9780674086272 0674086279
10.4159/9780674020047 doi
22573/ctvjtt2w7 JSTOR
Government executives--Europe.
Government executives--United States.
Politicians--Europe.
Politicians--United States.
Hauts fonctionnaires--Europe.
Hauts fonctionnaires--États-Unis.
Hommes politiques--Europe.
Hommes politiques--États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Affairs & Administration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--General.
Government executives.
Politicians.
Politici.
Bureaucratie.
Europe.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JN94.A69 / E92 1981eb
351.007/2
Bureaucrats and politicians in western democracies / Joel D. Aberbach, Robert D. Putnam, Bert A. Rockman ; with the collaboration of Thomas J. Anton, Samuel J. Eldersveld, Ronald Inglehart. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1981. - 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-298) and index.
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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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.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
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.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780674020047 (electronic bk.) 0674020049 (electronic bk.) 9780674086272 0674086279
10.4159/9780674020047 doi
22573/ctvjtt2w7 JSTOR
Government executives--Europe.
Government executives--United States.
Politicians--Europe.
Politicians--United States.
Hauts fonctionnaires--Europe.
Hauts fonctionnaires--États-Unis.
Hommes politiques--Europe.
Hommes politiques--États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Affairs & Administration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--General.
Government executives.
Politicians.
Politici.
Bureaucratie.
Europe.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JN94.A69 / E92 1981eb
351.007/2