Modern Systems of Government : Exploring the Role of Bureaucrats and Politicians, Hardcover by Farazmand, Ali (EDT), ISBN 0761906088, ISBN-13 9780761906087, Like New Used, 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.