Cops, Soldiers, and Diplomats

Dr. Tony Payan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Texas at El Paso.

• Chapter 1 Bureaucracies, Politics, and CultureChapter 2 CopsChapter 3 SoldiersChapter 4 DiplomatsChapter 5 Conclusion

Scholars tend to talk a great deal more about bureaucratic politics than they investigate the implications of this model for policy outcomes in particular policy areas. Tony Payan has done an excellent job of elaborating the model of bureaucratic politics and then applying it to the War on Drugs in the United States. The manuscript is thoroughly researched and is an important contribution to the literature on policy making and bureaucracy. I recommend it to every scholar, and every practitioner, concerned with how government actually functions.