LEADER 04311nam 22006494a 450 001 9910465146703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-151561-2 010 $a1-280-75594-6 010 $a1-4237-8685-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000298953 035 $a(EBL)422444 035 $a(OCoLC)437108570 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000223286 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11199074 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223286 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10196265 035 $a(PQKB)11590097 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000021559 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422444 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422444 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271474 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75594 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000298953 100 $a20050630d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPolicy bureaucracy$b[electronic resource] $egovernment with a cast of thousands /$fEdward C. Page and Bill Jenkins 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-928041-X 311 $a0-19-170011-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 work 327 $aThe 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 superiors 327 $aCues 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 state 327 $aAppendix: 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; Y 330 $aPolicy 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 g 606 $aBureaucracy 606 $aPolitical planning 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBureaucracy. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 676 $a352.3/4 700 $aPage$b Edward$0141243 701 $aJenkins$b W. I$g(William Ieuan)$0251650 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465146703321 996 $aPolicy bureaucracy$91967395 997 $aUNINA