A Citizen's Guide to Public Administration: The History and Politics of Managing Public Affairs

by Anthony Bertelli

What is public administration and what does it do? Though government bureaucracy is much maligned, could the modern state exist without it? Why is public administration and bureaucracy so misunderstood? By invoking enduring ideas about representation and democracy, Anthony Bertelli sheds light on these ellusive questions in a concise but nuanced narrative that relates the history of the modern bureaucratic state to contemporary efforts to treat government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415528941
• ISBN13: 9780415528948
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 128 Pages
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 8.5"