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institutional theory and recent European experiments in democratic organization
'Governing Through Institution Building' offers an organization theory-based institutional approach to understanding political organization and government by examining large-scale institutional reforms.
pt. I. Introduction. A democratic vision and some complications -- pt. II. A grand experiment in institution building and polity formation. Lessons in political organization from European integration -- pt. III. Three unifying controversies in the study of political organization. Change and continuity ; Central authority and institutional autonomy ; Bureaucracy : an instrument for whom and for what purpose? -- pt. IV. Epilogue. Political science : architectonic discipline or academic carrefour?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Political Institutions & Public Administration - General
Governing through institution building : institutional theory and recent European experiments in democratic organization
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010