Representative Bureaucracy : Classic Readings and Continuing Controversies.
Dolan, Julie.
Representative Bureaucracy : Classic Readings and Continuing Controversies. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (233 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Theoretical Underpinnings: Why Does the Social Background of Public Administrators Matter? -- Bureaucracy -- Representative Bureaucracy -- Democracy and the Public Service -- Representative Bureaucracy -- Chapter 2. Public Personnel Policy and Social Representation: How Do Policies for Recruitment, Selection, Promotion, Pay, and Retention Affect Representative Bureaucracy? -- To Look Like America -- Measuring Bureaucratic Representation and Integration -- The Curious Case of Women in State and Local Government -- Black Employment in Municipal Jobs: The Impact of Black Political Power -- Chapter 3. Social Representation and Public Administrators' Worldviews: What Is the Linkage Between Social Background and Civil Servants' Policy Preferences? -- Bureaucracy and Social Change -- Representative Bureaucracy and Policy Preferences: A Study in the Attitudes of Federal Executives -- Passive and Active Representation in the Federal Service: A Comparison of Blacks and Whites -- Policy Preferences on Workplace Reform -- Chapter 4. Social Background, Life Experience, and Policy Advocacy: Why Do Civil Servants Act on Policy Preferences Derived from Their Social Backgrounds and Life Experiences? -- Minority Groups in Public Bureaucracies: Are Passive and Active Representation Linked? -- The Impact of Representative Bureaucracies: Educational Systems and Public Policies -- Bureaucracy as a Representative Institution: Toward a Reconciliation of Bureaucratic Government and Democratic Theory -- Progress Toward Achieving a Representative Federal Bureaucracy: The Impact of Supervisors and Their Beliefs. Chapter 5. "Reinventing Government" and Representative Bureaucracy: The Impacts of Employee Empowerment, Outsourcing, and Entrepreneurship -- Empowering Employees to Get Results -- A Demand-Side Perspective on the Importance of Representative Bureaucracy -- Faith Based Furor -- Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector: On the Horns of a Dilemma -- The Limits of Privatism -- Index.
The readings in this collection provide a comprehensive guide to the established knowledge and emerging issues regarding democratizing public bureaucracies by making them socially representative. It focuses on the linkages between social origins and life experiences.
9781134898824
Bureaucracy--United States.
Electronic books.
JK421 -- R477 2015eb
352.6/3/0973
Representative Bureaucracy : Classic Readings and Continuing Controversies. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (233 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Theoretical Underpinnings: Why Does the Social Background of Public Administrators Matter? -- Bureaucracy -- Representative Bureaucracy -- Democracy and the Public Service -- Representative Bureaucracy -- Chapter 2. Public Personnel Policy and Social Representation: How Do Policies for Recruitment, Selection, Promotion, Pay, and Retention Affect Representative Bureaucracy? -- To Look Like America -- Measuring Bureaucratic Representation and Integration -- The Curious Case of Women in State and Local Government -- Black Employment in Municipal Jobs: The Impact of Black Political Power -- Chapter 3. Social Representation and Public Administrators' Worldviews: What Is the Linkage Between Social Background and Civil Servants' Policy Preferences? -- Bureaucracy and Social Change -- Representative Bureaucracy and Policy Preferences: A Study in the Attitudes of Federal Executives -- Passive and Active Representation in the Federal Service: A Comparison of Blacks and Whites -- Policy Preferences on Workplace Reform -- Chapter 4. Social Background, Life Experience, and Policy Advocacy: Why Do Civil Servants Act on Policy Preferences Derived from Their Social Backgrounds and Life Experiences? -- Minority Groups in Public Bureaucracies: Are Passive and Active Representation Linked? -- The Impact of Representative Bureaucracies: Educational Systems and Public Policies -- Bureaucracy as a Representative Institution: Toward a Reconciliation of Bureaucratic Government and Democratic Theory -- Progress Toward Achieving a Representative Federal Bureaucracy: The Impact of Supervisors and Their Beliefs. Chapter 5. "Reinventing Government" and Representative Bureaucracy: The Impacts of Employee Empowerment, Outsourcing, and Entrepreneurship -- Empowering Employees to Get Results -- A Demand-Side Perspective on the Importance of Representative Bureaucracy -- Faith Based Furor -- Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector: On the Horns of a Dilemma -- The Limits of Privatism -- Index.
The readings in this collection provide a comprehensive guide to the established knowledge and emerging issues regarding democratizing public bureaucracies by making them socially representative. It focuses on the linkages between social origins and life experiences.
9781134898824
Bureaucracy--United States.
Electronic books.
JK421 -- R477 2015eb
352.6/3/0973