Bureaucracy is the classic study of the way American government agencies work and how they can be made to work better. Examining a wide range of bureaucracies, including the Army, the FBI, the FCC, and the Social Security Administration, James Q. Wilson provides the first comprehensive, in-depth analysis of what government agencies do, why they function as they do, and how they might become more responsible and effective. With a new introduction by the author.
From Library Journal
Wilson (management, UCLA) attempts to explain bureaucratic behavior, beginning with a contrast of similar institutions (armies, prisons, and schools) that have succeeded and failed. He finds that neither the liberal view (more money, new programs) or the conservative ideology (smaller government) provides the single answer. Wilson's key contribution here is his emphasis on the "bottom" of the bureaucracy--those who do the work. Policy, he says, is developed by those with no understanding of its implementation. In addition, Wilson suggests that bureaucracy can be made "efficient" by giving bureaucrats more incentives and flexibility, a strategy, he concludes, that conflicts with our political culture. For academic libraries.
- Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner Coll., Staten Island, New York
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner Coll., Staten Island, New York
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"A gold mine of interesting, even unique observations about bureaucratic government on all levels." -- Christian Science Monitor
"A gold mine of interesting, even unique observations about bureaucratic government on all levels." -- --R. Cort Kirkwood,Christian Science Monitor
"Immediately takes its place as the indispensable one-volume guide to American national administration." -- --Aaron Wildavsky,Los Angeles Times Book Review
"The synthesis is shrewd and creative. The prose is uncommonly swift. The fresh insights are abundant and compelling." -- --Martha Derthick, University of Virginia
"A gold mine of interesting, even unique observations about bureaucratic government on all levels." -- --R. Cort Kirkwood,Christian Science Monitor
"Immediately takes its place as the indispensable one-volume guide to American national administration." -- --Aaron Wildavsky,Los Angeles Times Book Review
"The synthesis is shrewd and creative. The prose is uncommonly swift. The fresh insights are abundant and compelling." -- --Martha Derthick, University of Virginia
Product Details
- Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: Basic Books (January 30, 1991)
- Language: English
《官僚機構──政府機構的作為及其原因》 (Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do it)
詹姆斯．Q. 威爾遜[美]
譯者 孫艷
出版社 三聯書店(北京)
ISBN 9787108023605
- 平装: 583页
- 开本: 32开
- 無索引
本書作者詹姆斯．Q．威爾遜是美國當代著名政治學家，美國藝術與科學院院士。在本書中，作者對包括軍隊、聯邦調查局、禁毒署、中央情報局、航空航天局、森 林管理局、社會保障管理局、公立學校和監獄等美國公共管理機構進行了全面、深入的分析研究，給讀者呈現了這些機構清晰的運作圖景及其背後複雜的原因機理， 並指出了提高官僚機構的責任感和效率的可能途徑。
本書融彙了政治學、社會學與經濟學之精髓，打破了行政管理與工商管理之領域，是探索普遍適用的“官僚-管理理論”的新嘗試。本書首版於1989年（中文版根據2000年第二版譯出），因其對美國官僚機構的出色研究而成為國際上公認的政治學與公共管理學科領域的經典之作。
目录
总序 新版序言 序言 致谢 第一部分组织 第二部分业务人员 第一章军队、监狱、学校 第二章组织的实质 第二部分业务人员 第三章情境 第四章信念 第五章利益 第六章文化 第三部分管理人员 第七章制约 第八章人员 第九章服从 第四部分主管人员 第十章势力范围 第十一章 战略 第十二章 创新 第五部分 环境 第十三章 国会 第十四章 总统 第十五章 法院 第十六章 国家差别 第六部分 变化 第十七章 问题 第十八章 规章制度 第十九章 市场 第二十章 官僚体系与公共利益 引注 译后记翻譯評論:
作者在Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why T...新版序言一段界定:
... creating reorganization task forces that were chiefly devoted to expanding accountability, increasing efficiency, and enlarging presidential authority ( By accountability I mean increasing policy implementers' responsiveness to higher officials who must take responsibility for that policy.) ......曾建立重組工作的課題組，主要致力於拓展責任感，提高效率和擴大總統權力。
(通過責任感我希望傳達的意思是，提高政策執行者對主管貫徹該政策的高級官員的敏感性。)
......曾建立重組工作的任務小組，主要致力於增廣責任感，提高效率和擴大總統權力。
(我在上文的"責任感"的意思是，提高政策執行者對於負責貫徹該政策的高級官員更能應答。)
"敏感性"固然可表示對人的RESPONSIVENESS ，不過它已有負面的意思。
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James Q. Wilson《官僚機構──政府機構的作為及其原因》(Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It)孫艷譯 北京三聯2006頁363 談協調
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