METIN HEPER is Department Chairman and Professor of Public Administration at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

• Preface Part Theoretical Backdrop Introduction by Metin Heper The State and Public Bureaucracies: A Comparative and Historical Perspective by Metin Heper Part II. Anglo-American Context The United States: The Anti-Statist Society by Ronald Glassman Development of an Unpretentious Bureaucracy: The Case of England by Henry Parris Part III. Continental Europe Context Emergence and Decline of the State in Ancient Rome by Robert J. Antonio France: Polity with a Strong State by Pierre Birnbaum State and Bureaucracy in Prussia and Germany by Hans-Ulrich Derlien Part IV. Non-Western Context Autocracy in Nineteenth- Century Russia by Donald V. Schwartz State, Democracy and Bureaucracy in Turkey by Metin Heper Neo-Patrimonial State in Indonesia by Nico G. Schulte Nordholdt Part V. State, 'Government' and Bureaucracy State and Bereaucracy: The Anglo-American Case Reviewd by C.H. Dodd Strong and Weak States: Some Reconsiderations by S.N. Eisenstadt Conclusion by Metin Heper Select Bibliography Index About the Contributors

METIN HEPER is Department Chairman and Professor of Public Administration at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

• Preface Part Theoretical Backdrop Introduction by Metin Heper The State and Public Bureaucracies: A Comparative and Historical Perspective by Metin Heper Part II. Anglo-American Context The United States: The Anti-Statist Society by Ronald Glassman Development of an Unpretentious Bureaucracy: The Case of England by Henry Parris Part III. Continental Europe Context Emergence and Decline of the State in Ancient Rome by Robert J. Antonio France: Polity with a Strong State by Pierre Birnbaum State and Bureaucracy in Prussia and Germany by Hans-Ulrich Derlien Part IV. Non-Western Context Autocracy in Nineteenth- Century Russia by Donald V. Schwartz State, Democracy and Bureaucracy in Turkey by Metin Heper Neo-Patrimonial State in Indonesia by Nico G. Schulte Nordholdt Part V. State, 'Government' and Bureaucracy State and Bereaucracy: The Anglo-American Case Reviewd by C.H. Dodd Strong and Weak States: Some Reconsiderations by S.N. Eisenstadt Conclusion by Metin Heper Select Bibliography Index About the Contributors

METIN HEPER is Department Chairman and Professor of Public Administration at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

• Preface Part Theoretical Backdrop Introduction by Metin Heper The State and Public Bureaucracies: A Comparative and Historical Perspective by Metin Heper Part II. Anglo-American Context The United States: The Anti-Statist Society by Ronald Glassman Development of an Unpretentious Bureaucracy: The Case of England by Henry Parris Part III. Continental Europe Context Emergence and Decline of the State in Ancient Rome by Robert J. Antonio France: Polity with a Strong State by Pierre Birnbaum State and Bureaucracy in Prussia and Germany by Hans-Ulrich Derlien Part IV. Non-Western Context Autocracy in Nineteenth- Century Russia by Donald V. Schwartz State, Democracy and Bureaucracy in Turkey by Metin Heper Neo-Patrimonial State in Indonesia by Nico G. Schulte Nordholdt Part V. State, 'Government' and Bureaucracy State and Bereaucracy: The Anglo-American Case Reviewd by C.H. Dodd Strong and Weak States: Some Reconsiderations by S.N. Eisenstadt Conclusion by Metin Heper Select Bibliography Index About the Contributors