Bureaucracy : what government agencies do and why they do it / James Q. Wilson.
Bureaucracy is the classic study of the way American government agencies work and how they can be made to work better. Examining a wide range of bureaucracies, including the Army, the FBI, the FCC, and the Social Security Administration, James Q. Wilson provides the first comprehensive, in-depth ana...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
[1989]
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| Summary: | Bureaucracy is the classic study of the way American government agencies work and how they can be made to work better. Examining a wide range of bureaucracies, including the Army, the FBI, the FCC, and the Social Security Administration, James Q. Wilson provides the first comprehensive, in-depth analysis of what government agencies do, why they function as they do, and how they might become more responsible and effective. With a new introduction by the author. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 433 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0465007848 9780465007844 0465007856 9780465007851 |