Policy bureaucracy [[electronic resource] ] : government with a cast of thousands / / Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins |
Autore | Page Edward |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 352.3/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | JenkinsW. I (William Ieuan) |
Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy
Political planning |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-151561-2
1-280-75594-6 1-4237-8685-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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 Cues 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 Appendix: 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465146703321 |
Page Edward | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Policy bureaucracy [[electronic resource] ] : government with a cast of thousands / / Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins |
Autore | Page Edward |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xxvi, 214 p |
Disciplina | 352.3/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | JenkinsW. I (William Ieuan) |
Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy
Political planning |
ISBN |
0191515612
9780191515613 1-4237-8685-8 1-280-75594-6 0-19-151561-2 0-19-170011-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795747903321 |
Page Edward | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Policy bureaucracy [[electronic resource] ] : government with a cast of thousands / / Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins |
Autore | Page Edward |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xxvi, 214 p |
Disciplina | 352.3/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | JenkinsW. I (William Ieuan) |
Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy
Political planning |
ISBN |
0191515612
9780191515613 1-4237-8685-8 1-280-75594-6 0-19-151561-2 0-19-170011-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821356303321 |
Page Edward | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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