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Author Suleiman, Ezra N., 1941- author.

Title Politics, power, and bureaucracy in France : the administrative elite / Ezra N. Suleiman
Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1974
©1974

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Description 1 online resource (460 pages) : illustrations, tables
Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Contents Part 1. State and Society in France; Part 2. The French Administrative Elite; The ""Revolt"" Against ENA ; Part 3. The Dynamics of the Central Administration; Part 4. The Administration and the Society; Conclusion
Summary The interaction between politics and administration has generally been ignored by students of bureaucracy. Ezra N. Suleiman, however, views the French bureaucracy as a dynamic and integral part of the French political system. Using survey data as well as historical and contemporary sources, he concentrates on the highest officials and examines their relationships with both the political sector and the society. After identifying the place of the state in French society the author deals with the recruitment of higher civil servants, using comparative data to explain why the high social origins of French civil servants have remained constant. His investigation of the important institutional mechanisms of the central administration stresses that even a centralized and powerful bureaucracy must be seen as a complex of institutions rather than as a monolithic organization. Finally the author deals with the relations of the higher civil servants with other groups in society and with the regime of the Fifth Republic. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Executive departments -- France
Cabinet officers -- France
Government executives -- France
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
Cabinet officers
Executive departments
Government executives
Politics and government
SUBJECT France -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051484
Subject France
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400872664
1400872669