PETTY BUREAUCRACY AND WOOLLY-MINDED LIBERALISM? THE CHANGING ETHOS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS

PRATCHETT, LAWRENCE;WINGFIELD, MELVIN

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 4/1996, pág. 639

1. Introduction. 2. A generic definition of the public service ethos. 3. An empirical analysis of the public service ethos. 4. A new institutionalist perspective on the public service ethos. a) The causal position of institutions. b) The rule-governed basis of institutions. c) The significance of symbolic action in institutions ...