“…This field report was assigned the following topical and geographical subject headings by the RFE/RL: Czechoslovakia; Social Structure -- Farmers; Social Structure -- Bureaucracy; Standard of Living (3200) -- Criticism; Morale and General Mood -- Anti-Communist Feelings; Labor -- Wages; Morale and General Mood -- Jokes…”

“…A Democratic or a Liberal Alternative to Centralized Bureaucracy What Is the "Right" Size for an Enterprise? …”

“…A single proposal for an improvement might have to be considered by nine different committees, most of which would have direct access to the Minister. Bureaucracy is bad when the people allow it to assume powers they themselves should hold. …”

“…The NMM aimed to revolutionise the policies and structures of trade unions by decreasing bureaucracy and overthrowing the existing leadership.…”

“…It challenges myths: that the NHS was broke, that we can't afford the NHS, that doctors and GPs would be in the driving seat; that patients would have more choice, that there would be less bureaucracy and that communities would have greater control. …”

“…The NMM aimed to revolutionise the policies and structures of trade unions by decreasing bureaucracy and overthrowing the existing leadership.…”

“…It concludes that the current draft could 'lead to reduced levels of protection and greater bureaucracy and burdens as contractors, employers and regulators focus on certification of a standard rather than on the real indicators of a strong safety system; effective risk management, good outcomes; and full consultation and involvement with union...'. …”

“…They examined, too, forms of colonial governance – especially money and bureaucracy – for clues to the source of their power. …”

“…The NMM aimed to revolutionise the policies and structures of trade unions by decreasing bureaucracy and overthrowing the existing leadership.…”

“…While the Commission originally wanted to relieve the European Union’s administrative burden, the Better Regulation exercise has ended up creating a parallel bureaucracy staffed by ‘experts’ and other ‘stakeholders’ whose interests are unclear. …”

“…Hence, this study aims to clarify this problem.The book shows that as in other transitional economies a driver of market changes has yet to emerge. In Russia state bureaucracy takes the function of initiator and actor of market reforms. …”

“…The apparent big structural problems for Italy, for example, are too much state bureaucracy, too much corruption, too regulated markets, and too high taxes and public expenditures. …”

“…The NMM aimed to revolutionise the policies and structures of trade unions by decreasing bureaucracy and overthrowing the existing leadership.…”

“…Each of these correspond to a series of mechanisms in three distinct institutional arenas: judiciary, bureaucracy, and competition policy. To test our framework, we introduce a new panel of institutional reform measures which allow us to investigate how changes in these three arenas interact with each other and what sequence of changes yields increase in state capacity. …”

“…Focusing on the internal union politics of the influential United Automobile Workers and Local 600, its chapter at Henry Ford's massive River Rouge factory, Jonathan Cutler demonstrates how an all-but-forgotten interracial movement for a shorter workweek during the 1950s and 1960s became a casualty of an increasingly top-heavy union bureaucracy that lost touch with the desires, fears, and aspirations of rank and file workers and dug its own grave in the process. …”

“…The hidden agenda in the remaining empty institutional black box, however, is the dream of freedom from any bureaucracy and painstaking negotiations between competing interests or even getting rid of any responsibility to the new risks related to the digital revolution. …”

“…The criticism that this would mean an increase of bureaucracy and red tape is not justified. It is the division of responsibility for the Social Services between the Government and the local authorities and between various Government departments that gives scope for delays, red tape, and the shifting of responsibility. …”

“…In many respects, the Better Regulation initiative promises salutary reforms, such as wider use of regulatory impact assessments and a reduction in unnecessary bureaucracy. In other respects, the European initiative speaks more of Procrustean deregulation than of better regulation. …”

“…All these organizations suffer from power games played at the top and powerlessness at lower levels, from infighting and bureaucracy, from endless meetings and a seemingly never-ending succession of change and cost-cutting programs. …”

“…To this end it is necessary that over-centralisation and bureaucracy should be avoided, that local and popular control should be ensured, regard being paid to local circumstances, and that the medical profession should have direct representation on the authorities for the promotion of public health, and full opportunity for a collective expression of their views. …”