Administrative Traditions: Understanding the Roots of Contemporary Administrative Behavior

by B Guy Peters

Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and function. This book argues that there are administrative traditions that have their roots centuries ago but continue to influence administrative behaviour. Further within Western Europe, North America, and the Antipodes there are four distinctive administrative traditions: Anglo-American, Napoleonic,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198297254
• ISBN13: 9780198297253
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"