The Machinery of Government: Public Administration and the Liberal State by Joseph Heath
English | August 6th, 2020 | ISBN: 0197509614 | 440 pages | True EPUB | 2.11 MB
In political theory, the traditional model of state power was that elected officials make policy decisions which are then faithfully executed by a lower cadre of public servants. The complexity of the modern state, however, leaves this model outdate. The vast number of economic and social problems it confronts is such that a great deal of rule-making power is now delegated to a class of civil servants.