04311nam 22006494a 450 991046514670332120200520144314.00-19-151561-21-280-75594-61-4237-8685-8(CKB)2560000000298953(EBL)422444(OCoLC)437108570(SSID)ssj0000223286(PQKBManifestationID)11199074(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223286(PQKBWorkID)10196265(PQKB)11590097(StDuBDS)EDZ0000021559(MiAaPQ)EBC422444(Au-PeEL)EBL422444(CaPaEBR)ebr10271474(CaONFJC)MIL75594(EXLCZ)99256000000029895320050630d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolicy bureaucracy[electronic resource] government with a cast of thousands /Edward C. Page and Bill JenkinsNew York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-928041-X 0-19-170011-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index.Contents; Preface; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; H; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; 1. Government with a Cast of Thousands; Policy as a bureaucratic activity; A cast of thousands; Patterns of policy bureaucracy; Structure of the book; 2. Policy Bureaucrats; Under the hat; Beyond the statistics; Careers in the middle; Pathways into the service; Terminus or stepping stone?; Education and expertise; Qualifications and expertise; Specialization and mobility; Interdepartmental mobility; Job mobility; Experience; Skills and improvised expertise; Conclusions; 3. Policy Work; Views of policy workThe forms of policy workProduction; Maintenance; Service; Giving numbers; Conclusions; 4. More than Embellishment and Detail: The Impact of Policy Work; Embellishing strategic policy decisions?; The bearable lightness of instruction; Taking the broader view; Joining things up; Getting the UK angle; Human rights; Europe; Elaborating policy and detail; The initiation of policy; Conclusions; 5. Discretion, Cues and Authority; Discretion and responsibility; Informality; Dealing with the minister; The minister; Private office; Special advisers; The role of bureaucratic superiorsCues and discretionThe notion of the 'steer'; Conclusions; 6. Controlling Expertise in a Policy Bureaucracy; Improvised expertise and invited authority; Looking through different lenses; The impact of methodology; Different theoretical perspectives; The consequences of the trade-off between hierarchy and expertise; Demand-led authority; The drawback of improvised expertise; Policy officials as 'representative' bureaucrats; Representative bureaucracy and its alternatives; Representative bureaucracy in the USA; Other approaches to policy bureaucracy; The nature of the bureaucratic stateAppendix: The interviewsEndnotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YPolicy making is not only about the cut and thrust of politics. It is also a bureaucratic activity. In this ground-breaking work, two leading authorities come together to examine the world of the policy bureaucrat for the first time. The volume draws in crucial debates over accountability and democratic ideology, hierarchy and expertise, and should establish itself as a central point of reference for scholars and practitioners alike. - ;Policy making is not only about the cut and thrust of politics. It is also a bureaucratic activity. Long before laws are drafted, policy commitments made, or gBureaucracyPolitical planningElectronic books.Bureaucracy.Political planning.352.3/4Page Edward141243Jenkins W. I(William Ieuan)251650MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465146703321Policy bureaucracy1967395UNINA