Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

by Joel D. Aberbach, Robert D. Putnam, Bert A. Rockman

Book Overview

In uneasy partnership at the helm of the modern state stand elected party politicians and professional bureaucrats. This book is the first comprehensive comparison of these two powerful elites. In seven countries--the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and the Netherlands--researchers questioned 700 bureaucrats and 6OO politicians in an effort to understand how their aims, attitudes, and ambitions differ within cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674086279
• ISBN13: 9780674086272
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"