The State of Public BureaucracyM.E. Sharpe, 5 feb 1992 - 248 pagine The authors explore the many ways that gender and communication intersect and affect each other. Every chapter encourages a consideration of how gender attitudes and practices, past and current, influence personal notions of what it means not only to be female and male, but feminine and masculine. The second edition of this student friendly and accessible text is filled with contemporary examples, activities, and exercises to help students put theoretical concepts into practice. |
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A Legitimate Role for Bureaucracy in Democratic Governance | 39 |
Comparative Perspectives on Bureaucracy in the Policy Process | 67 |
On the Uniqueness of Public Bureaucracies | 91 |
Bureaucracy Power Policy and the State | 121 |
Explorations in Bureaucratic Responsiveness | 151 |
The Problem of Predicting Bureaucracys Future | 173 |
The Political Marriage of Information Technology and Bureaucracy | 183 |
On Predicting the Bureaucratization of American Government | 189 |
Catastrophic Errors and the Changing Shape of Bureaucracy | 197 |
American Exceptionalism Government without Bureaucracy | 203 |
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