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this proactive text combines original explanations of bureaucratic red tape withprescription and case examples—challenging students to develop a deeper understandingof bureaucracy as a set of trade-offs among politics, accountability and efficiency.Keywords: bureaucracy, public administration, textbookBureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It. Wilson, James Q.CO: Basic Books, 2000.http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/perseus-cgi-bin/display/0-465-00785-6Bureaucracy is the classic study of the way American government agencies work andhow they can be made to work better. Examining a wide range of bureaucracies,including the Army, the FBI, the FCC, and the Social Security Administration, James Q.Wilson provides the first comprehensive, in-depth analysis of what government agenciesdo, why they function as they do, and how they might become more responsible andeffective.Keywords: bureaucracy, public administration, textbookCritical Studies in Organization and Bureaucracy. Fischer, Frank, and CarmenSirianni PA: Temple University Press, 1994.http://www.temple.edu/tempress/This collection of essays presents a range of critical approaches to the study ofbureaucracy and organizations.Keywords: bureaucracy, public administration, textbookDefending Government : Why Big Government Works. Neiman, Max NY: Prentice-Hall, 2000.http://www.phptr.com/ptrbooks/hss_0133730441.htmlFor courses in Introduction to Political Science, Public Policy, Bureaucracy, PublicAdministration, Honors courses in American Government or in courses dealing with thePublic Sector. This text focuses on the decline in public trust in government and theefforts of the public to use the powers of democratic governing to improve the lives ofpeople—especially people who require such government intervention. It focuses on thedebate over government size and the role of the public sector, with a look at theimplications of unqualified disdain for politics, institutions, public servants, electedofficials, and the very process of democracy itself. In reviewing these issues economic373