edited by Andre Blais and Stephane Dion
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991
eISBN: 978-0-8229-7676-9 | Paper: 978-0-8229-8532-7 | Cloth: 978-0-8229-3679-4
Library of Congress Classification JF1501.B78 1991
Dewey Decimal Classification 350.001

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Thirteen scholars reexamine one of the most provocative and debated models of bureaucratic behavior, as developed by William A. Niskanen in his seminal book, Bureaucracy and Representative Government.  The essays evaluate a wide array of findings, both qualitative and quantitative, relevant to the various aspects of the model, and offer conclusions about its merits and limits, suggesting alternative explanations of bureaucratic behavior.  Niskanen provides his own reassessment and reflections on the debate.