Bureaucracy and Democracy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 7)

Download or read book Bureaucracy and Democracy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 7) written by Eva Etzioni-Halevy and published by Taylor & Francis Group. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a powerful, independent bureaucracy poses a threat to democracy, it is indispensable to its proper functioning. This book provides an overview of the complex relationship between bureaucracy and the politics of democracy and is essential reading for students of sociology, political science and public administration. It is designed to guide students through the maze of classical and modern theories on the topic, to give them basic information on the historical developments in this area and the present them with case histories of the actual relationship between bureaucrats and politicians in democratic societies.