Rules and red tape
Subtitle: a prism for public administration theory and research
By: Barry Bozeman and Mary K. Feeney
Contributors: Feeney, Mary K.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780765623348
Subjects: Bureaucracy; Public administration
Description: Red tape, like "politics" or "public interest," is one of those terms everyone knows, but for which there is surprisingly little shared meaning. Is red tape perceptual or objective? Is it neutral, or negative, or can red tape even be positive? Does it necessarily entail delays? Does red tape equate with bad management? Does it flow from rules or are rules themselves red tape? Barry Bozeman, author of the classic Bureaucracy and red tape, and Mary Feeney re-examine these questions and more with a new focus on their application to public management. --Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.