Bureaucracy
What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It
by James Q. Wilson
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Bureaucracy is the classic study of the way American government agencies work and how they can be made to work better. Examining a wide range of bureaucracies, including the Army, the FBI, the FCC, and the Social Security Administration, James Q. Wilson provides the first comprehensive, in-depth analysis of what government agencies do, why they function as they do, and how they might become more responsible and effective. With a new introduction by the author.
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Bureaucracy: what government agencies do and why they do it
2000, Basic Books
in English
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Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (Basic Books Classics)
January 1991, Basic Books
in English
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Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It
January 15, 1990, Harpercollins Publisher
in English
0465007848 9780465007844
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Bureaucracy: what government agencies do and why they do it
1989, Basic Books
in English
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