Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Concept of Rational Administration -- Chapter 2. The Problem of Bureaucratic Growth -- Chapter 3. The Concept of Organization -- Chapter 4. Models of Bureaucratic Growth -- Chapter 5. Task Environments and the Growth of Bureaucracy -- Chapter 6. The “Liability of Newness” in Public Bureaucracies -- Chapter 7. Structure and Persistence in Organizational Hierarchies -- Chapter 8. The Bureaucratic Structure Hypothesis -- Chapter 9. Alternatives to Bureaucratic Growth -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter