01088pab a2200133 454500008003600000100001800036245005200054362003400106520072500140650001700865650001800882700002100900773003300921180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPeters B. Guy  aCivil service reform: misdiagnosing the patient  a54(5), Sep-Oct 1994, p.418-25  aHow seccesful were Anglo American reform efforts of the 1980s? The 1980 were a tumultous decade for the bureaucracies in Anglo Amercian democratic countries. President Regan and Prime Minister Thatcher and Mulroney, in particular, came to office convinced that the bureaucracies of their countries were flawed - they were inefficient, resistant to change, and exerting too much influence over policy: B, Guy Peters and Donald J. Savoie look at the measure to the reform the bureaucracies of these countries. The reforms sought to have public servant focus on management rather than policy, to import management techniques from the private sector, and to attenuate the influence of career officials over policy matters. T  a Bureaucracy  aCivil Service  aSavoie Donald J.  aPublic Administration Review