B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Now in its seventh edition, this comprehensive exploration of the political and policy-making roles of public bureaucracies offers extensive, well documented comparative analysis of the effects of politics on bureaucracy.

1. Public Administration and Governing 2. Political Culture and Public Administration 3. Recruiting Public Personnel 4. Problems of Administrative Structure 5. The Politics of Bureaucracy 6. The Bureaucracy and Political Institutions 7. The Politics of the Budgetary Process 8. The Politics of Administrative Accountability 9. Administrative Reform 10. The Politics of Public Management