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Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

Aberbach, Joel D., Putnam, Robert D., Rockman, Bert A.·1981·Harvard University Press eBooks

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In 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

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Authors: Aberbach, J. D., Putnam, R. D., & Rockman, B. A.
Venue: Harvard University Press eBooks
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1981-12-31
DOI: 10.4159/9780674020047
OpenAlex: W4213436370
Cited by: 1,157
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 23 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 42 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 47 · 2016: 42 · 2015: 43 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 36 · 2012: 50
FWCI: 25.50
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Harvard University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public Administration and Governance
Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public Administration and Political Analysis
Keywords: bureaucrats, politicians, political culture, civil service, party politics, elite attitudes, United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, Western democracies

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