The State and Public Bureaucracies: A Comparative Perspective.

Abstract

Preface Part Theoretical Backdrop Introduction by Metin Heper The State and Public Bureaucracies: A Comparative and Historical Perspective by Metin Heper Part II. Anglo-American Context The United States: The Anti-Statist Society by Ronald Glassman Development of an Unpretentious Bureaucracy: The Case of England by Henry Parris Part III. Continental Europe Context Emergence and Decline of the State in Ancient Rome by Robert J. Antonio France: Polity with a Strong State by Pierre Birnbaum State and Bureaucracy in Prussia and Germany by Hans-Ulrich Derlien Part IV. Non-Western Context Autocracy in Nineteenth- Century Russia by Donald V. Schwartz State, Democracy and Bureaucracy in Turkey by Metin Heper Neo-Patrimonial State in Indonesia by Nico G. Schulte Nordholdt Part V. State, 'Government' and Bureaucracy State and Bereaucracy: The Anglo-American Case Reviewd by C.H. Dodd Strong and Weak States: Some Reconsiderations by S.N. Eisenstadt Conclusion by Metin Heper Select Bibliography Index About the Contributors