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Author Teodoro, Manuel P., 1972-

Title Bureaucratic ambition : careers, motives, and the innovative administrator / Manuel P. Teodoro
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 222 pages) : illustrations
Series Johns Hopkins studies in governance and public management.
Contents Principles, principals, and ambition: the politics of bureaucratic entrepreneurship -- Glorious heroes, tragic heroes, antiheroes: how bureaucratic entrepreneurship happens (or doesn't) -- A theory of bureaucratic ambition: why bureaucratic entrepreneurship happens (or doesn't) -- The market for bureaucratic entrepreneurs: career path and professional innovation -- The psychology of bureaucratic entrepreneurship: human motivation and political advocacy -- Ramps and ladders: how career systems foster or inhibit bureaucratic entrepreneurship -- What bureaucratic ambition means for democracy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Administrative agencies -- United States -- Management
Ambition -- Political aspects -- United States
Local government -- United States
Public administration -- United States
Bureaucracy -- United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
Administrative agencies -- Management
Bureaucracy
Local government
Public administration
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011009849
ISBN 9781421403762
1421403765