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Program 94: The Myth of the Pure Administrator

Vice-Admiral Hyman G. Rickover of the United States Navy suggests that we cannot solve the problems of bureaucracy until we thoroughly analyze the characteristics of bureaucracy that are antithetical to democratic procedures, through his scholarly examination of the history of bureaucracy and the differing traditions of the civil service in the United States and in Western European countries. 10th CSDI Anniversary Convocation, L.A. Dec. 8, 1963. [CSDI program number 94; UCSB tape numbers A7634/R7, A7635/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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