Analysis of the Grace Commission's Major Proposals for Cost Control

Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.

In Administrative Renewal, the periodic efforts to reorganize the executive branch during the 20th century are examined and analyzed. Receiving special attention are the landmark commissions, such as the Hoover Commissions of mid-century, to determine how they influenced the theory and practice of democratic administration

Routledge is proud to publish the fifth edition of this comprehensive, comparative exploration of the political and policy-making roles of public bureaucracies in nations around the world. Written by a leading authority in the field, it offers an extensive, well documented, comparative analysis stressing the effects of politics and organised interests on bureaucracy. New to the fifth edition: *a new chapter on administrative reform *more material on administration in developing countries *more coverage of the European Union and more discussion of international bureaucracies *revision and up-dating to take into account the wealth of new literature that has emerged in recent years.