Bureaucracy and Representative Government
Author: William A. Niskanen
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published:
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 0202364453
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Bureaucracy and Representative Government
Author: William A. Niskanen
Publisher: Aldine De Gruyter
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780202309590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book to develop a formal theory of supply by bureaus. Niskanen develops an original and comprehensive theory of the behavior of bureaus with the institutions of representative government. He challenges the traditional view that monopoly bureaus are the best way to organize the public sector, and he suggests ways to use competitive bureaus and private firms to perform operations such as delivering mail, fighting wars, or running schools more efficiently than the present government agencies. The theory concludes that most bureaus are too large, grow too fast, use too much capital, and exploit their sponsor. His theory explains the relation of the output and budget of a bureau to demand and cost decisions. It compares bureaus with other forms of organization facing like conditions and delineates the production and investment behavior of a bureau, the behavior of nonprofit firms with no sponsor, the behavior of mixed bureaus with financing from a sponsor and from the sale of services, the effects of competition between a bureau and a competitive industry. The book also develops a simple theory of the market for public services financed through a representative government; the final section suggests a set of changes to improve the performance of our bureaucratic and political institutions, based both on theory and Niskanen's professional experience. It is essential reading for professionals and students in the social sciences and could prove instrumental in reforming some of our government institutions. William A. Niskanen, Jr., is chairman of the Cato Institute. He is a Harvard and Chicago trained economist and has served as director of economics for the Ford Motor Company. A specialist in the analysis of government expenditures and management, Niskanen has served with the RAND Corporation, the Department of Defense, and the Institute for Defense Analysis. He was recently awarded a lifetime professional service award from the University of Chicago.
Bureaucracy and Representative Government
Author: William A. Niskanen
Publisher: Chicago : Aldine, Atherton
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBureaucracy and Representative Government
Author: Jr. Niskanen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-09-29
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 1351530402
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book to develop a formal theory of supply by bureaus. Niskanen develops an original and comprehensive theory of the behavior of bureaus with the institutions of representative government. He challenges the traditional view that monopoly bureaus are the best way to organize the public sector, and he suggests ways to use competitive bureaus and private firms to perform operations such as delivering mail, fighting wars, or running schools more efficiently than the present government agencies.The theory concludes that most bureaus are too large, grow too fast, use too much capital, and exploit their sponsor. His theory explains the relation of the output and budget of a bureau to demand and cost decisions. It compares bureaus with other forms of organization facing like conditions and delineates the production and investment behavior of a bureau, the behavior of nonprofit firms with no sponsor, the behavior of mixed bureaus with financing from a sponsor and from the sale of services, the effects of competition between a bureau and a competitive industry.The book also develops a simple theory of the market for public services financed through a representative government; the final section suggests a set of changes to improve the performance of our bureaucratic and political institutions, based both on theory and Niskanen's professional experience. It is essential reading for professionals and students in the social sciences and could prove instrumental in reforming some of our government institutions.
The Principles of Representative Government
Author: Bernard Manin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-02-28
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780521458917
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic, aristocratic elements. Professor Manin challenges the conventional view that representative democracy is no more than an indirect form of government by the people, in which citizens elect representatives only because they cannot assemble and govern in person. The argument is developed by examining the historical moments when the present institutional arrangements were chosen from among the then available alternatives. Professor Manin reminds us that while today representative institutions and democracy appear as virtually indistinguishable, when representative government was first established in Europe and America, it was designed in opposition to democracy proper. Drawing on the procedures used in earlier republican systems, from classical Athens to Renaissance Florence, in order to highlight the alternatives that were forsaken, Manin brings to the fore the generally overlooked results of representative mechanisms. These include the elitist aspect of elections and the non-binding character of campaign promises.
The Promise of Representative Bureaucracy: Diversity and Responsiveness in a Government Agency
Author: Sally Coleman Selden
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-02-24
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1317455126
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text on representive bureaucracy covers topics such as: bureaucracy as a representative institution; bureaucratic power and the dilemma of administrative responsibility; and representative bureaucracy and the potential for reconciling bureaucracy and democracy.
Bureaucracy and Public Economics
Author: William A. Niskanen
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781858980416
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScholars, students and teachers of public economics will welcome this volume that, by making some of the key contributions in the field more widely accessible, will provoke discussion, debate and further research.
Democracy Administered
Author: Anthony Michael Bertelli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1107169712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThose who implement policies have the discretion to shape democratic values. Public administration is not policy administered, but democracy administered.
The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration
Author: B Guy Peters
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2012-08-16
Total Pages: 818
ISBN-13: 1473971136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe original Handbook of Public Administration was a landmark publication, the first to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the discipline. The eagerly-awaited new edition of this seminal international handbook continues to provide a complete review and guide to past and present knowledge in this essential field of inquiry. Assembling an outstanding team of scholars from around the world, the second edition explores the current state-of-the-art in academic thinking and the current structures and processes for the administration of public policy. The second edition has been fully revised and updated, with new chapters that reflect emerging issues and changes within the public sector: - Identifying the Antecedents in Public Performance - Bureaucratic Politics - Strategy Structure and Policy Dynamics - Comparative Administrative Reform - Administrative Ethics - Accountability through Market and Social Instruments - Federalism and intergovernmental coordination. A dominant theme throughout the handbook is a critical reflection on the utility of scholarly theory and the extent to which government practices inform the development of this theory. To this end it serves as an essential guide for both the practice of public administration today and its on-going development as an academic discipline. The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration remains indispensable to the teaching, study and practice of public administration for students, academics and professionals everywhere.
Representative Bureaucracy, an Interpretation of the British Civil Service
Author: J Donald (John Donald) 19 Kingsley
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781013335846
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