The success or failure of empires, nation-states, and city-states often rests on the relationship between bureaucracy and politicians. In this provocative and timely volume, editor Ali Farazmand examines the myriad relationships between politicians and bureaucrats and how they affect modern governance. This book is organized around the major themes of professionalism, bureaucracy, governance, and the relationship between career bureaucrats/higher civil servants and political appointees/politicians under presidential and parliamentary systems. After introducing the basic elements of bureaucracies in Part I, the book discusses the relations between bureaucrats and politicians in presidential systems in Part II as well as in parliamentary systems in Part III. This original and up-to-date book will fill a gap in the literature on the relationship between bureaucrats and politicians in modern governance and public administration. It can be used as a primary or supplementary text at the undergraduate and graduate level for those interested in public administration, comparative public policy, political science, and government.
Table of Content
Introduction – Ali Farazmand
PART ONE: PROFESSIONALISM, BUREAUCRACY, AND MODERN GOVERNANCE
Coups and Crashes – Fred W Riggs
Lessons for Public Administration
Professionalism, Bureaucracy, and Modern Governance – Ali Farazmand
A Comparative Analysis
Professionalism in Bureaucracy – Renu Khator
Some Comparisons Based on the Indian Case
The US Civil Service 1883-1993 (RIP) – Frederick Thayer
Political Power and the Centrality of Administration – Matthew Holden Jr
PART TWO: BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS IN PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS
The US Constitutional Separation of Powers and Federal Administration – David H Rosenbloom
Politics and Bureaucracy – Francis E Rourke
Their Impact on Professionalism
The Pendleton Act of 1883 and Professionalism in the US Public Service – Paul P Van Riper
Transients and Careerists in Latin America – Lawrence S Graham
PART THREE: BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS IN PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
Bureaucrats and Political Appointees in European Democracies – B Guy Peters
Who Is Who and Does It Make Any Difference?
Getting On in Government – Francis Terry
Political Priorities and Professional Civil Servants
PART FOUR: THE STATE OF THE CURRENT STATE
`Honey, I Shrank the State′ – Bert A Rockman
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