This is the first book in English on the French agency DATAR-DIACT that has been the envy of regional planners worldwide. It sheds new light on political leadership in a bureaucracy and demonstrates convincingly the impact of political leaders on institutions. It is a study of France with lessons for other political and administrative systems.
Inhoudsopgave
Political Leaders and Bureaucratic Organizations Restructuring Bureaucratic Organisations Links to the Leadership: Positional or Personal? Ensuring Responsiveness, Competence and Loyalty Steering Policy through Administrative and Financial Tools Roads Planning and Funding Regionalization Lessons from Regional Planning in France References Appendix: Political Leaders 1944–2008
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JUNE BURNHAM is a researcher and consultant on the organization of public services and was formerly Senior Lecturer in European Government at Middlesex University, UK. She has published books and articles on French regional policy, British public management, and transport policy in Britain and Europe.
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