The return of bureaucracy: managing dispersed knowledge in global finance by Clark, G, Thrift, N

Sustainable integration: The silver lining of a democratically challenged EU by Nicolaidis, K

“…“Brussels” for many is a synonym for a bureaucracy afflicted with what has come to be referred to as a democratic deficit. …”

The man, his politics and intellectual origins: a short biography of Mike Adler by Mulcahy, L

“…Focusing on the early years of his life up until he joined the University of Edinburgh as an academic, it charts his family background, education and motivation for his life-long interest in street level bureaucracies, justice and the welfare state. It places a particular emphasis on his tireless activism, engagement with the world around him and dogged refusal to ignore unfairness and discrimination. …”

Shifting the deckchairs: how blame avoiders cope with the loss of a scapegoat by Cooper, C, Elston, T, Bilous, A

“…Scholars regard the delegation of contentious or failure-prone tasks to semi-autonomous bureaucracies (or ‘quangos’), and salient examples of officials in these organizations ‘taking the flack’ for ministers, as proof of the so-called ‘agency strategy’ of blame management. …”