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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463598303321

Autore

Teodoro Manuel P. <1972->

Titolo

Bureaucratic ambition : careers, motives, and the innovative administrator / / Manuel P. Teodoro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-4214-0376-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Johns Hopkins studies in governance and public management

Disciplina

351.73

Soggetti

Administrative agencies - United States - Management

Ambition - Political aspects - United States

Bureaucracy - United States

Local government - United States

Public administration - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Principles, principals, and ambition: the politics of bureaucratic entrepreneurship -- Glorious heroes, tragic heroes, antiheroes: how bureaucratic entrepreneurship happens (or doesn't) -- A theory of bureaucratic ambition: why bureaucratic entrepreneurship happens (or doesn't) -- The market for bureaucratic entrepreneurs: career path and professional innovation -- The psychology of bureaucratic entrepreneurship: human motivation and political advocacy -- Ramps and ladders: how career systems foster or inhibit bureaucratic entrepreneurship -- What bureaucratic ambition means for democracy.