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Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It
A leading expert explains what government bureaucracies do and why they behave the way they do."Wilson is a remarkably clear thinker. It is unlikely that anyone in the foreseeable future will master so much research about so many agencies at government level."--Tom Peters, "The Washingtonian"
"Wilson is our Weber and this is his "summa ."..a sprightly, irreverent, and profoundly serious inquiry as to how you make a nation work."--Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator
"The synthesis is shrewd and creative. The prose is uncommonly swift. The fresh insights are abundant and compelling."--Martha Derthick, University of Virginia
"A gold mine of interesting, even unique observations about bureaucratic government on all levels."--R. Cort Kirkwood, "Christian Science Monitor"
"Immediately takes its place as the indispensable one-volume guide to American national administration."--Aaron Wildavsky, "Los Angeles Times Book Review"
Book Details
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Publish Date: Jan 30th, 1991
- Pages: 464
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - 0002
- Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.30in - 1.40in - 0.85lb
- EAN: 9780465007851
- Categories: • American Government - General• American Government - National• Public Affairs & Administration
About the Author
James Q. Wilson (1931-2012) was a professor at Harvard, UCLA, and Pepperdine University. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003, among numerous other honors. He is also the author of Moral Sense and Moral Judgement, among many other books.
Praise for this book
"May well be the best book now available on bureaucracy in America."--Paul Starr, The New Republic
"Wilson is our Weber and this is his summa ... A sprightly, irreverent and profoundly serious inquiry as to how you make a nation work."--Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
"A gold mine of interesting, even unique observations about bureaucratic government on all levels."--Christian Science Monitor
"Immediately takes its place as the indispensable one-volume guide to American national administration."--Aron Wildavsky, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Wilson is a remarkably clear thinker. It is unlikely that anyone in the foreseeable future will master so much research about so many agencies at the government level."--Tom Peters, The Washingtonian