The Machinery of Government: Public Administration and the Liberal State

by Joseph Heath

Book Overview

In political theory, the traditional model of state power was that elected officials make policy decisions which are then faithfully executed by a lower cadre of public servants. The complexity of the modern state, however, leaves this model outdate. The vast number of economic and social problems it confronts is such that a great deal of rule-making power is now delegated to a class of civil servants. Yet many political philosophers have not taken...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019762832X
• ISBN13: 9780197628324
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.5"