Dismantling Democratic States

Bureaucracy is a much-maligned feature of contemporary government. And yet the aftermath of September 11 has opened the door to a reassessment of the role of a skilled civil service in the survival and viability of democratic society. Here, Ezra Suleiman offers a timely and powerful corrective to the widespread view that bureaucracy is the source of democracy's ills. This is a book as much about good governance as it is about bureaucratic organizations. Suleiman asks: Is democratic governance hindered without an effective instrument in the hands of the legitimately elected political leadershi

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Suleiman, Ezra N.
Publisher:	Princeton : Princeton University Press
Subject:	Demokratie \| Democracy \| Demokratisierung \| Democratization
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (342 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE: The End of Bureaucracy?; Bureaucracy and the Market; Deprofessionalization and Politicization; CHAPTER TWO: Beyond Weber?; The Dominance of the State; Bureaucracy and the Market; Bureaucracy and Capitalism; Bureaucracy and Democracy; Bureaucracy and Political Development; CHAPTER THREE: New Conceptions of Bureaucracy, Democracy, and Citizenship; An American Revolution; Beyond Cost-Cutting: NPM; Bureaucratic Reform and the Public Interest; From Citizen to Customer; A Nation of Free-Riders Statist Minimalism and PoliticsPART II; CHAPTER FOUR: Popular Dissatisfaction and Administrative Reform; Popular Support for Government Involvement; Popular Distrust of Government; Bureaucracies and Distrust; Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE: Universalistic Reforms; An American Blueprint; Privatization; Decentralization; Reduction in State Employment; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX: Emulating the Private Sector; The Rhetoric and Reality of New Public Management; An Ideal Administration?; Government Strategies of Reform; The Politics of Reform; Kinds of Business-Emulating Reform CHAPTER SEVEN: The Reluctant Reformers: Japan and FranceJapan; France; PART III; CHAPTER EIGHT: Deprofessionalization: The Decline of the Civil Service Career; The Nature of Administrative Reform; Decline of a Career; Japan; United States; France; Distrust of Public Servants; CHAPTER NINE: Deprofessionalization: The Process of Politicization; Reassertion of Politics; NPM and Politicization; Politicization: A Rationalist Perspective; United States; France; CHAPTER TEN: The End of the Nonpolitical Bureaucracy; Responsiveness; Governance Today and Democracy Tomorrow; Ending a Monopoly; Japan BritainGermany; Spain; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Constructing a Bureaucratic Apparatus in East-Central Europe; Reform and Stability; Undoing the State: Privatization and Devolution; Building a Professional Bureaucracy; Reforming Ancien Régime Bureaucracies; The GDR and a Reunified Germany; Establishing a Civil Service; Conclusion: Bureaucracy in the Transition Phase; CHAPTER TWELVE: The Politics of Bureaucratic Reform; Mass Democracy and Government Reform; Bureaucracy and Alienation; Reforming Society or Reforming Bureaucracy?; Reforms and the Public Interest; The Future of Bureaucracy; INDEX
ISBN:	978-0-691-12251-9 ; 978-1-4008-5073-0 ; 978-0-691-12251-9
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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