Do bureaucrats and policy analysts have a political role auxiliary and subordinate to elected officials, or do they really run things? Do bureaucrats facilitate effective political leadership, or do they dominate the process with projects and analyses that make political leadership impossible? Do bureaucrats have so much control because they have usurped political power, or is the explanation to be found in our fundamental political principles, which tilt us towards the bureaucratic state? Bureaucrats, Policy Analysts, Statesmen: Who Leads? is a series of essays by eight authors and edited by Robert Goldwin addresses these questions.