The Politics and Behavior of Bureaucratic Organizations

Fall 2006

Professor Daniel Carpenter

Syllabus (draft as of September 23, 2006)

Seminar Slides

Seminar 01 (September 20, 2006) -- Introduction: Weberian and Behavioral Accounts of Bureaucracy

Seminar 02 (September 27, 2006) -- Contractual, Cultural and Reputational Theories of Bureaucracy and Organization

Seminar 03 (October 4, 2006) -- Evolution of Bureaucratic Organizations in Ottoman Empire, Western Europe and Early Modern England

Seminar 04 (October 11, 2006) -- Evolution of Bureaucratic Organziations in the United States