03180nam 2200601Ia 450 991077853190332120230324201647.00-674-02004-910.4159/9780674020047(CKB)1000000000815992(StDuBDS)AH21620371(Au-PeEL)EBL3300120(CaPaEBR)ebr10313836(OCoLC)923109293(DE-B1597)574426(DE-B1597)9780674020047(MiAaPQ)EBC3300120(OCoLC)1248759395(EXLCZ)99100000000081599219880808d1981 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBureaucrats and politicians in western democracies /Joel D. Aberbach, Robert D. Putnam, Bert A. Rockman ; with the collaboration of ... [others]Cambridge, Mass ;London Harvard University Pressc19811 online resource (xii, 308 pages) illustrations0-674-08625-2 0-674-08627-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Preface --Contents --Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies --1. Introduction --2. Strategy of Inquiry --3. Paths to the Top --4. Roles and Styles in Policymaking --5. The Compass of Elite Ideology --6. Democrats, Pluralists, Populists, and Others --7. Interactions at the Top --8. Energy and Equilibrium in the Policy Process --Notes --Prior Publications --IndexIn uneasy partnership at the helm of the modern state stand elected party politicians and professional bureaucrats. This book is the first comprehensive comparison of these two powerful elites. In seven countries--the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and the Netherlands--researchers questioned 700 bureaucrats and 6OO politicians in an effort to understand how their aims, attitudes, and ambitions differ within cultural settings. One of the authors' most significant findings is that the worlds of these two elites overlap much more in the United States than in Europe. But throughout the West bureaucrats and politicians each wear special blinders and each have special virtues. In a well-ordered polity, the authors conclude, politicians articulate society's dreams and bureaucrats bring them gingerly to earth.Bureaucrats & politicians in Western democraciesGovernment executivesEuropeGovernment executivesUnited StatesPoliticiansEuropePoliticiansUnited StatesGovernment executivesGovernment executivesPoliticiansPoliticians320.094Aberbach Joel D141839Putnam Robert D124930Rockman Bert A141840MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778531903321Bureaucrats and politicians in western democracies3867758UNINA