Bureaucracy:

What Government Agencies Do and why They Do it

Basic books, 1989 - Political Science - 433 pages

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"

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About the author (1989)

James Q. Wilson is James Collins professor of management and public policy at UCLA. Winner of the 1990, James Madison Award of the American Political Science Association, he is also the author of Moral Sense and Moral Judgement.

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Title	Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and why They Do it Basic Books Classics Basic books 50 years
Author	James Q. Wilson
Edition	2, illustrated, reprint
Publisher	Basic books, 1989
ISBN	0465007856, 9780465007851
Length	433 pages
Subjects	Political Science › American Government › National Political Science / American Government / General Political Science / American Government / National

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