The Roots of American Bureaucracy, 1830-1900This innovative book argues that the mugwump reformers who built early bureaucracies cared less about enhancing government efficiency than about restraining the power of majoritarian political leaders in Congress and the executive branch. |
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... Congress , the President , and the President's top appointees in the executive branch . Three of these initiatives are worthy of note . The first is the legislative veto . In some forms , this device predated 1980. As early as 1932 , ...
... Congress , the President , and the President's top appointees in the executive branch . Three of these initiatives are worthy of note . The first is the legislative veto . In some forms , this device predated 1980. As early as 1932 , ...
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... Congress needed power to constrain actions of career civil servants . But a six - justice majority disagreed with White and held the legislative veto unconstitutional . Just as Congress was losing its power to control the federal ...
... Congress needed power to constrain actions of career civil servants . But a six - justice majority disagreed with White and held the legislative veto unconstitutional . Just as Congress was losing its power to control the federal ...
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... Congress his estimate that the Bush administration's preseciption - drug plan would cost $ 600 billion rather than the $ 400 billion announced by the administration . More recently , a Justice Depart- ment statistician has stated he was ...
... Congress his estimate that the Bush administration's preseciption - drug plan would cost $ 600 billion rather than the $ 400 billion announced by the administration . More recently , a Justice Depart- ment statistician has stated he was ...
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William E. Nelson. II hese various initiatives by Congress and three of the last four presidents can be vants to the will of their political superiors . The goal is to insure that the bureaucracy carries out the policies of officials who ...
William E. Nelson. II hese various initiatives by Congress and three of the last four presidents can be vants to the will of their political superiors . The goal is to insure that the bureaucracy carries out the policies of officials who ...
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... Congress and were left subject to strong congressional oversight . And the judiciary , of course , remained free to use its power of judicial review as it saw fit.22 The result by 1920 was that " the old adminis- trative system ...
... Congress and were left subject to strong congressional oversight . And the judiciary , of course , remained free to use its power of judicial review as it saw fit.22 The result by 1920 was that " the old adminis- trative system ...
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