Bureaucracy /

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Author / Creator:Beetham, David.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
Description:vi, 120 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Concepts in social thought
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2606667
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ISBN:0816629382
0816629390 (pbk.)
Notes:"First published in this 2nd ed. by Open University Press, 1996"
Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-116) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part one. Models of bureaucracy
  • Bureaucracy and administrative efficiency
  • The sociology of organization
  • Political economy
  • Public administration
  • Overview
  • Bureaucracy and policy formation
  • Conclusion
  • Part two. Theories of bureaucratic power
  • Weberian political sociology
  • The irreversible expansion of bureaucracy
  • The socialist illusion
  • The theory of leadership democracy
  • Marxist political economy
  • Capitalism and bureaucracy
  • Bureaucratic degeneration of the proletarian revolution
  • Beyond bureaucracy?
  • Conclusion
  • Part three. Bureaucracy and democratic theory
  • Democracy and administrative efficiency
  • Democracy and bureaucratic power
  • Conclusion
  • Further reading
  • Bibliography
  • Index