Product Description: By examining the relationship between the notaires, members of a significant French legal profession with deep roots in French history, and the state, Ezra Suleiman demonstrates that clientelism exists and may be more dangerous in a centralized state than in a decentralized one...read more

Product Description: Why do some elites survive while others do not? How do certain institutions manage to preserve their importance in the face of crises, instability, and change? How does a democratic society legitimize elitist institutions? Combining the use of important social theories―particularly those of Mosca, Schumpeter, Tocqueville, and Pareto―with empirical analysis, Ezra Suleiman tries to answer these questions in his examination of the dominance and stability of France's governing elites...read more

Product Description: 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...read more

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Product Description: To what extent do civil servants influence the political process? What is the proper role of the top-level bureaucrat - a role that was once clearly defined, but now seems to have become ambiguous after decades of profound change in politics and administration? This volume explores the relationship between bureaucrats and policy making in a variety of national and political contexts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)