Bureaucratic Ambition : Careers, Motives, and the Innovative Administrator.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Principles, Principals, and Ambition: The Politics of Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship -- 2 Glorious Heroes, Tragic Heroes, Antiheroes: How Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship Happens -- 3 A Theory of Bureaucratic Ambition: Why Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship Happens -- 4 The Market for Bureaucratic Entrepreneurs: Career Path and Professional Innovation -- 5 The Psychology of Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship: Human Motivation and Political Advocacy -- 6 Ramps and Ladders: How Career Systems Foster or Inhibit Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship -- 7 What Bureaucratic Ambition Means for Democracy -- Appendix A: Survey Methodology -- Appendix B: Supplementary Regression Analysis Results -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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