Observing Government Elites Up Close and Personal

by Rhodes, R. A. W.; Hart, Paul 't; Noordegraaf, Mirko

• ISBN13: 9780230008403
• ISBN10: 0230008402
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book focuses on the everyday life of ministers and senior public servants in different countries, describing their world through their eyes.

Author Biography

ROD RHODES is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He is the author or editor of 25 books including recently; The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions (joint editor, 2006); and Governance Stories (with Mark Bevir, 2006). He is also editor of Public Administration; life Vice-President of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, and a Fellow/Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences in both Australia and Britain. PAUL 'T HART is Senior Research Fellow, Political Science Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University and Professor of Public Administration, Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University. He is the editor and author of 21 books including most recently The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership under Pressure (2005). MIRKO NOORDEGRAAF is an associate professor at the Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands. He specialises in public management. His books include Attention! Work and Behavior of Public Managers amidst Ambiguity (2000); and the widely used (Dutch) textbook on Management in Public Domains (2004). He published/s in Public Administration, Public Management Review, Administration & Society, International Journal of Public Sector Management, Evaluation, and Journal of Management Studies.

Table of Contents

List of Boxes, Figures and Tables	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. viii
List of Contributors	p. ix
Being There	p. 1
Observing at Home: National and Local Elites
The Everyday Life of a Minister: a Confessional and Impressionist Tale	p. 21
Spies at the Crossroads: Observing Change in the Dutch Intelligence Service	p. 51
Men at Work: How Public Policy Managers Cope	p. 78
Governing Karlstad: an Insider's Story	p. 103
Observing Across Borders: Eurocratic Elites
Dutch Eurocrats at Work: Getting Things Done in Europe	p. 131
The EU's Nomads: National Eurocrats in European Policy-Making	p. 160
European Integration in Anthropological Perspective: Studying the 'Culture' of the EU Civil Service	p. 180
So What? The Benefits and Pitfalls of Being There	p. 206
Index	p. 234
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