Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do And Why They Do It

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.

• Classics of Public Administration
• Introducing Public Administration (8th Edition)
• Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (2nd Edition)
• Classics of Public Administration
• The New Case for Bureaucracy
• Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector (Plume)
• Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service, 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition
• Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government
• Administrative Law for Public Managers
• Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo