Modern systems of government : exploring the role of bureaucrats and politicians / Ali Farazmand, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Coups and crashes : lessons for public administration / Fred W. Riggs -- Professionalism, bureaucracy, and modern governance : a comparative analysis / Ali Farazmand -- Professionalism in bureaucracy : some comparisons based on the Indian case / Renu Khator -- The U.S. Civil Service : 1883-1993 (R.I.P.) / Frederick C. Thayer -- Political power and the centrality of administration / Matthew Holden, Jr. -- The U.S. Constitutional separation of powers and federal administration / David H. Rosenbloom -- Politics and bureaucracy : their impact on professionalism / Francis E. Rourke -- The Pendleton Act of 1883 and professionalism in the U.S. publuc service / Paul P. Van Riper -- Transients and careerists in Latin America / Lawrence S. Graham -- Bureaucrats and political appointees in Europeamn democracies : who's who and does it make any difference? / B. Guy Peters -- Getting on in government : political priorities and professional civil servants / Francis R. Terry -- "Honey, I shrank the state" / Bert A. Rockman.

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The success or failure of empires, nation-states and city-states often rests on the relationship between bureaucracy and politicians. In this provocative volume, Ali Farazmand examines the myriad relationships between politicians and bureaucrats. After introducing the basic elements of bureaucracies in Part One, the book examines the relations between bureaucrats and politicians in presidential and parliamentary systems. The contributors to the volume comprise a virtual `who's who' in the discipline.

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