Bureaucracy: The Actions of Government Institutions and Their Reasons

Author: (USA) James Q. Wilson; Translated by Sun Yan et al.
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: The author of this book, James Q. Wilson, is a renowned contemporary American political scientist and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In this book, the author conducts a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of various American public administrative institutions, including the military, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Forest Service, the Social Security Administration, public schools, and prisons. The book presents readers with a clear picture of the operations of these institutions and the complex underlying mechanisms, while also identifying potential pathways to enhance the accountability and efficiency of bureaucracy. This book integrates the essence of political science, sociology, and economics, breaks down the boundaries between public administration and business management, and represents a new attempt to explore universally applicable "bureaucracy-management theory." First published in 1989 (the Chinese edition is based on the second edition of 2000), the book has become an internationally recognized classic in the fields of political science and public administration due to its outstanding research on American bureaucracy.