Overview: The study of bureaucracy must include certain key questions:what are bureaucrats and bureaucracies; why do they exist and what aretheir functions; how do they behave; how much power do they possess;what is their impact on efficiency and production; and how do theyaffect society? .This book contains analyses of all these issues, done by a variety ofeconomists of differing backgrounds, approaches and opinions, broadlycategorized under the labels Neoclassical, Institutionalist, andMarxist, although there are overlaps and correspondences that crossideological and/or paradigmal boundaries
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