Bureaucracy - Hardcover

Wilson, James Q.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465007848 ISBN 13: 9780465007844

Publisher: Basic Books, 1989

Synopsis

Examines the Army, the Foreign Service, and the Social Security Administration, explains how ogranizational cultures are created to meet each agency's needs, and suggests possible improvements

About this title

Synopsis:

A leading expert explains what government bureaucracies do and why they behave the way they do.. 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.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0465007848
• ISBN 13: 9780465007844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 433