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The Politics of Bureaucracy: An Introduction to Comparative Public Administration

Offers a comprehensive exploration of the political and policy-making roles of public bureaucracies. This sixth edition features: international case studies on North America, Western and Eastern European and Asian countries; discussion of how governments have been developing strategies to enhance co-ordination across their programs; and more.

By B. Guy Peters

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Hardcover:

9780415743396 | 7 revised edition (Routledge, July 1, 2016), cover price $160.00

9780415342094 | 6 edition (Routledge, July 26, 2009), cover price $185.00

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9780415743402 | 7 revised edition (Routledge, July 1, 2016), cover price $68.95

9780415342100 | 6 edition (Routledge, August 12, 2009), cover price $59.95 | About this edition: Offers a comprehensive exploration of the political and policy-making roles of public bureaucracies.

American Public Policy: Promise and Performance

By B. Guy Peters

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9781452218717 | 9 edition (Cq Pr, October 16, 2012), cover price $105.00

9781604264593 | 8 edition (Cq Pr, November 10, 2009), cover price $94.00

9781933116747 | 7 edition (Cq Pr, December 8, 2006), cover price $72.95

9781889119632 | 6th edition (Chatham House Pub, January 1, 2004), cover price $48.95

9781568029061 | 6th edition (Cq Pr, December 1, 2003), cover price $59.95

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Politics of Representative Bureaucracy: Power, Legitimacy and Performance

By B. Guy Peters (editor), Eckhard Schroter (editor) and Patrick Von Maravic (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780857936004 | Edward Elgar Pub, June 24, 2015, cover price $120.00

Advanced Introduction to Public Policy

By B. Guy Peters

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9781781955765 | Edward Elgar Pub, June 24, 2015, cover price $110.00

Paperback:

9781781955772 | Edward Elgar Pub, June 24, 2015, cover price $24.95

American Public Policy + Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 16th Ed.

By B. Guy Peters

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9781506316222 | 9 pck rev edition (Cq Pr, May 26, 2015), cover price $110.00

The Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective: A quest for control

By B. Guy Peters (editor) and Jon Pierre (editor)

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9781138874558 | Routledge, May 7, 2015, cover price $49.95

The Relevance of Political Science

Product Description: What does political science tell us about important real-world problems and issues? And to what extent does and can political analysis contribute to solutions? Debates about the funding, impact and relevance of political science in contemporary democracies have made this a vital and hotly contested topic of discussion, and in this original text authors from around the world respond to the challenge...read more

By B. Guy Peters (editor)

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9780230201088 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 9, 2015, cover price $135.00 | About this edition: What does political science tell us about important real-world problems and issues?

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9780230201095 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 9, 2015, cover price $49.50 | About this edition: What does political science tell us about important real-world problems and issues?

Pursuing Horizontal Management: The Politics of Public Sector Coordination

Product Description: From the first, specialization and coordination have presented governments with a conundrum: specialized program might be best for delivering one service to the public, but combining such programs for all public services inevitably produces costly redundancies and inefficiencies...read more

By B. Guy Peters

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9780700620937 | Univ Pr of Kansas, March 13, 2015, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: From the first, specialization and coordination have presented governments with a conundrum: specialized program might be best for delivering one service to the public, but combining such programs for all public services inevitably produces costly redundancies and inefficiencies.

9780405021541, titled "Instincts in Industry" | Ayer Co Pub, December 1, 1969, cover price $12.00 | also contains Instincts in Industry | About this edition: Instincts In Industry: A Study of Working-Class Psychology By Ordway Tead

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9780700620944 | Univ Pr of Kansas, March 13, 2015, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: From the first, specialization and coordination have presented governments with a conundrum: specialized program might be best for delivering one service to the public, but combining such programs for all public services inevitably produces costly redundancies and inefficiencies.

Rewards for High Public Office in Europe and North America

Product Description: Anyone observing the recent scandals in the United Kingdom could not fail to understand the political importance of the rewards of high public office. The British experience has been extreme but by no means unique, and many countries have experienced political over the pay and perquisites of public officials...read more

By Marleen Brans (editor) and B. Guy Peters (editor)

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9780415781053 | Routledge, May 16, 2012, cover price $165.00 | About this edition: Anyone observing the recent scandals in the United Kingdom could not fail to understand the political importance of the rewards of high public office.

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9781138826007 | Routledge, November 10, 2014, cover price $54.95 | About this edition: Anyone observing the recent scandals in the United Kingdom could not fail to understand the political importance of the rewards of high public office.

Understanding Public Management and Administration: Governance in Comparative Perspective

By B. Guy Peters

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9781412903240 | Sage Pubns Ltd, December 8, 2016, cover price $129.50

Developments in American Politics 7

Written by a team of leading experts of American politics, this text provides an authoritative and informed analysis of the latest issues, trends and developments. Fully up-to-date, the book takes full account of the political landscape that followed the 2012 elections and the policy dilemmas which face Obama's second administration.

By B. Guy Peters (editor)

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9781137289223 | Palgrave Macmillan, February 14, 2014, cover price $135.00 | About this edition: Written by a team of leading experts of American politics, this text provides an authoritative and informed analysis of the latest issues, trends and developments.

Paperback:

9781137289216 | Palgrave Macmillan, February 14, 2014, cover price $49.50

Governing: Essays in Honour of Donald J. Savoie

Product Description: To honour the distinguished career of Donald Savoie, Governing brings together an accomplished group of international scholars who have concerned themselves with the challenges of governance, accountability, public management reform, and regional policy...read more

By B. Guy Peters (editor)

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9780773541252 | McGill Queens Univ Pr, August 6, 2013, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: To honour the distinguished career of Donald Savoie, Governing brings together an accomplished group of international scholars who have concerned themselves with the challenges of governance, accountability, public management reform, and regional policy.

The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration

Product Description: The original Handbook of Public Administration was a landmark publication, the first to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the discipline. The eagerly-awaited new edition of this seminal international handbook continues to provide a complete review and guide to past and present knowledge in this essential field of inquiry...read more

By B. Guy Peters (editor) and Jon Pierre (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781446200506 | 2 edition (Sage Pubns Ltd, August 16, 2012), cover price $185.00

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9781446295809 | 2 concise edition (Sage Pubns Ltd, August 26, 2014), cover price $52.00 | also contains The Sage Handbook of Public Administration | About this edition: The original Handbook of Public Administration was a landmark publication, the first to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the discipline.

American Public Policy, 8th Ed. + Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 13th Ed.

By B. Guy Peters

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9781452244396 | Pck rev edition (Cq Pr, July 15, 2012), cover price $104.00

Strategies for Comparative Research in Political Science: Theory and Methods

Product Description: Written by a prominent figure in the field, this book provides an accessible introduction to comparative methodology. Drawing on a wide range of approaches throughout, it is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand or research in this major area of political science.

By B. Guy Peters

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9780230220904 | Palgrave Macmillan, October 18, 2013, cover price $135.00 | About this edition: Written by a prominent figure in the field, this book provides an accessible introduction to comparative methodology.

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9780230220911 | Palgrave Macmillan, October 18, 2013, cover price $49.50 | About this edition: Written by a prominent figure in the field, this book provides an accessible introduction to comparative methodology.

Institutional Theory in Political Science: The New Institutionalism

Product Description: Institutional Theory in Political Science provides an in-depth analysis of contemporary institutional theory, an essential tool to understand the world of politics and government. Written by B. Guy Peters, a prominent expert in the field, the book argues that the new institutionalism comprises eight variations on the theme of institutional analysis...read more

By B. Guy Peters

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9781441192868 | 3 edition (Continuum Intl Pub Group, November 24, 2011), cover price $100.00

9780826479839 | 2 edition (Continuum Intl Pub Group, November 30, 2005), cover price $140.00 | About this edition: At the turn of the millennium there has been a major growth of interest in institutional theory and institutional analysis in political science.

9781855674257 | Cassell, January 1, 1999, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: This text identifies the various approaches to institutions and then provides a common frame of reference for the different theories.

Paperback:

9781441130426 | 3 edition (Bloomsbury USA Academic, December 15, 2011), cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Institutional Theory in Political Science provides an in-depth analysis of contemporary institutional theory, an essential tool to understand the world of politics and government.

9780826473042 | 2 edition (Bloomsbury USA Academic, December 15, 2005), cover price $46.95 | About this edition: At the turn of the millennium there has been a major growth of interest in institutional theory and institutional analysis in political science.

9781855674264 | Cassell, June 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This text identifies the various approaches to institutions and then provides a common frame of reference for the different theories.

9780826452764 | Cassell, June 1, 1999, cover price $39.95

Steering from the Centre: Strengthening Political Control in Western Democracies

Product Description: Governments face new challenges in an era marked by globalization, shifting economic and national security policies, pervasive electronic media, and policy reform. Steering from the Centre details how chief executives in ten Western democracies have responded to governance challenges in the wake of reform ideas such as the New Public Management which stress deregulation and decentralization...read more

By Carl Dahlstrom (editor), B. Guy Peters (editor) and Jon Pierre (editor)

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9781442641488 | Univ of Toronto Pr, September 1, 2011, cover price $62.00 | About this edition: Governments face new challenges in an era marked by globalization, shifting economic and national security policies, pervasive electronic media, and policy reform.

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9781442610699 | Univ of Toronto Pr, August 27, 2011, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Governments face new challenges in an era marked by globalization, shifting economic and national security policies, pervasive electronic media, and policy reform.

Comparative Politics: Theory and Methods

Product Description: Comparative Politics provides a comprehensive, theoretical, and methodological introduction to the field of comparative politics. In the sciences, theory is tested through direct experimentation. In politics, however, social scientists cannot simply manipulate an institution or law to see what might happen...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By B. Guy Peters

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9780814766675 | New York Univ Pr, October 1, 1998, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Comparative Politics provides a comprehensive, theoretical, and methodological introduction to the field of comparative politics.

Comparative Politics: Theory and Methods

By B. Guy Peters and Guy B. Peters

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9780814766682 | New York Univ Pr, October 1, 1998, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: Comparative Politics provides a comprehensive, theoretical, and methodological introduction to the field of comparative politics.

Public Sector Organizations

By B. Guy Peters (editor)

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9780230220348 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 13, 2010, cover price $85.00

Paperback:

9780230220355 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 13, 2010, cover price $28.00

Developments in American Politics 6

This new text, written by a team of leading authorities, assesses the state of American politics in the Obama administration. It looks both at the institutional framework of government and at the policy dilemmas facing the United States today and it analyzes the major controversial issues that shape American political debates in the 21st century.

By B. Guy Peters (editor)

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9780230576827 | Palgrave Macmillan, June 15, 2010, cover price $100.00

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9780230576834 | Palgrave Macmillan, June 15, 2010, cover price $42.00 | About this edition: This new text, written by a team of leading authorities, assesses the state of American politics in the Obama administration.

Governance, Politics and the State

By B. Guy Peters

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9780230220447 | Revised edition (Palgrave Macmillan, January 15, 2017), cover price $100.00

Elections and Voters

Product Description: This major new text by two leading authorities in the field provides a state-of-the-art assessment of what we know about voting behavior and the character, consequences and significance of elections in democratic states. Uniquely broad-ranging in scope, it shows how patterns of electoral behavior have evolved over time and also assesses the varying extents to which voters in different countries are able to affect the direction of government policies in practice...read more

By Mark N. Franklin

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9781403941275 | 1 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, October 13, 2009), cover price $135.00 | About this edition: This major new text by two leading authorities in the field provides a state-of-the-art assessment of what we know about voting behavior and the character, consequences and significance of elections in democratic states.

Tradition and Public Administration

Product Description: Contributors examine the persistence of administrative patterns in the face of pressures for globablization by developing a concept of administrative traditions and describing the traditions that exist around the world. They assess the impact of traditions on administrative reforms and the capacities of government to change public administration...read more

By B. Guy Peters (editor)

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9780230575660 | Palgrave Macmillan, June 22, 2010, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: Contributors examine the persistence of administrative patterns in the face of pressures for globablization by developing a concept of administrative traditions and describing the traditions that exist around the world.

Mixes, Matches and Mistakes: New Public Management in Russian and the Former Soviet Republics

Product Description: These papers are a cross-section of reform efforts in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania and Russia, demonstrating some successful transformations, some much more limited successes, while the continuing outcomes of most reforms can be expected to be mixtures of success and failure...read more

By B. Guy Peters (editor)

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9789639719118 | Local Government & Public Serv, March 1, 2009, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: These papers are a cross-section of reform efforts in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania and Russia, demonstrating some successful transformations, some much more limited successes, while the continuing outcomes of most reforms can be expected to be mixtures of success and failure.

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