Structure, Culture, and Governance

A Comparison of Norway and the United States

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

Public bureaucracies are the workhorses of contemporary government, responsible for implementing public policies, and in the process making far more laws than do legislatures and adjudicating more cases than do the courts. How do bureaucracies function within a political system? How do they behave in the context of surrounding systems? To what extent do governmental structure and political culture shape the performance of bureaucracies? In this comparison of two countries_Norway and the United States_the authors analyze similarities and differences in political-administrative systems, measuring the capacity to govern and the influence of structure and culture in each case. They provide a framework for a broader understanding of public bureaucracy, its importance in a given political system, and how it interacts with other institutions to govern.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-09-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:202
Förlag:Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:9780847693146

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Tom Christensen is professor of public administration at the University of Oslo. B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh.

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In this book, Christensen and Peters manage to compare such different countries as Norway and the United States in an interesting and systematic way. By combining cultural and structural factors, they give new insight into the roles of the political-administrative systems in the two countries.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Norway, the United States, and Comparative Politics Chapter 2 Macro-Political Design: The Legislature and Executive Related Chapter 3 Legislatures: Historical Trends, Contemporary Structure, and Decisionmaking Processes Chapter 4 The Executive Chapter 5 The Structure of the Executive Bureaucracy Chapter 6 Cultural Variables and Governance Chapter 7 Governance in the Two Societies