TY - BOOK AU - Page,Edward TI - Policy without politicians: bureaucratic influence in comparative perspective SN - 9780191745157 (ebook) : AV - JF1525.P6 U1 - 352.34 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Political planning KW - Case studies KW - Bureaucracy KW - Civil service N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - A comparative study of the everday policy-making role of bureaucrats in six jurisdictions: France, US, Germany, Sweden the EU, and the UK. It takes as its central focus the decrees and regulations that account for a large proportion of government activity and explores the role of civil servants in their production UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199645138.001.0001 ER -