LEADER 04155nam 22005894a 450 001 9910969152103321 005 20251116153542.0 010 0 $a0191515612 010 0 $a9780191515613 010 $a1-4237-8685-8 010 $a1-280-75594-6 010 $a0-19-151561-2 010 $a0-19-170011-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7038035 035 $a(CKB)24235123800041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422444 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422444 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271474 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75594 035 $a(OCoLC)437108570 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7038035 035 $a(OCoLC)70223361 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235123800041 100 $a20050630d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPolicy bureaucracy $egovernment with a cast of thousands /$fEdward C. Page and Bill Jenkins 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2005 215 $axxvi, 214 p 311 08$a9780199280414 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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 work -- The forms of policy work -- Production -- 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 -- Cues and discretion -- The 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. 327 $aOther approaches to policy bureaucracy -- The nature of the bureaucratic state -- Appendix: The interviews -- Endnotes -- 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. 606 $aBureaucracy 606 $aPolitical planning 615 0$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 $a9910969152103321 996 $aPolicy bureaucracy$94464807 997 $aUNINA