Modern Systems of Government : Exploring the Role of Bureaucrats and Politicians, Hardcover by Farazmand, Ali (EDT), ISBN 0761906088, ISBN-13 9780761906087, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Explores how the interrelationships of career bureaucrats and higher civil servants with political appointees and politicians impact the success of modern empires, nation-states, and city- states under presidential and parliamentary government systems. The 12 studies are from conferences in Chicago in 1992 and Washington, . in 1993, augmented with some invited contributions to fill out the coverage. Paper edition (unseen), $. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.