Valuing Bureaucracy (Record no. 26840)
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| fixed length control field | 01436 a2200145 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781316629666 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 341.73 |
| Item number | VER-V |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Verkuil, Paul R. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Valuing Bureaucracy |
| Sub Title | : The Case for Professional Government |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press , |
| Year of publication | 2017. |
| Place of publication | United Kingdom : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 180, pp. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | To be effective, government must be run by professional managers. When decisions that should be taken by government officials are delegated to private contractors without adequate oversight, the public interest is jeopardized. Vercuil uses his inside perspectives on government performance and accountability to examine the tendencies at both the federal and state levels to 'professionalize' government. Viewing the turn to contractors and private sector solutions in ideological and functional terms, he acknowledges that the problem cannot be solved without meaningful civil service reforms that make it easier to hire, incent and, where necessary, fire career employees and officials. The indispensable goal is to revitalize bureaucracy so it can continue to competently deliver essential services. By highlighting the leadership that already exists in the career ranks, Verkuil senses a willingness, or even eagerness, to make government, like America, great again. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Public administration |
| Form subdivision | Administrative responsibility |
| -- | Public contracts |
| -- | Privatization |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Date | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 2021-04-13 | Overseas Press India Private Limited | 1778.19 | 2021-03-08 | 341.73 VER-V | 51558 | 2504.50 | 2021-04-13 | Books |