Dismantling Democratic States

by Ezra N. Suleiman

Book Overview

Bureaucracy is a much-maligned feature of contemporary government. And yet the aftermath of September 11 has opened the door to a reassessment of the role of a skilled civil service in the survival and viability of democratic society. Here, Ezra Suleiman offers a timely and powerful corrective to the widespread view that bureaucracy is the source of democracy's ills. This is a book as much about good governance as it is about bureaucratic organizations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691115346
• ISBN13: 9780691115344
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"