Cages of reason : the rise of the rational state in France, Japan, the United States, and Great Britain / Bernard S. Silberman.

Organization theory and bureaucratic structure
Political uncertainty, leadership succession, and the modes of administration
The strategies of uncertainty
France. Revolutionary change and structural ambiguity : the revolutionary and Napoleonic transformations
The post-Napoleonic period
Japan. The Meiji restoration as the revolutionary moment
The resolution of revolutionary uncertainty and the imperial state
The United States. Political parties, patronage, and administration
Political leadership, party contestation, and reform : 1865-1925
Great Britain. Parliament, the Crown, and the problem of patronage
Patronage, representation, and administrative reform
"The efficient secret" : administrative rationalization and the executive.