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Politicians, Bureaucrats and Leadership in Organizations
Lessons from Regional Planning in France, French Politics, Society and Culture
ISBN/EAN: 9780230209879
Umbreit-Nr.: 9053053
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xi, 261 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 28.04.2009
Auflage: 1/2009
- Zusatztext
- This is the first book in English on the French agency DATAR-DIACT that has been the envy of regional planners worldwide. It sheds new light on political leadership in a bureaucracy and demonstrates convincingly the impact of political leaders on institutions. It is a study of France with lessons for other political and administrative systems.
- Kurztext
- A case study of France with lessons for other political systemsRests really strong empirical material on a broad discussion of leadership. This will attract the attention of readers generally and not just those interested in the minutiae of French regional planning organizationSheds new light on a topic of theoretical and normative importance: political leadership in a bureaucracy
- Autorenportrait
- JUNE BURNHAM is a researcher and consultant on the organization of public services and was formerly Senior Lecturer in European Government at Middlesex University, UK. She has published books and articles on French regional policy, British public management, and transport policy in Britain and Europe.