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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William E. Nelson. American Bureaucracy 1830-1900 William E. Nelson Beard Books Copyright © 1982 by the President and Fellows of Harvard. The Roots of.
William E. Nelson. American Bureaucracy 1830-1900 William E. Nelson Beard Books Copyright © 1982 by the President and Fellows of Harvard. The Roots of.
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William E. Nelson. Copyright © 1982 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College Originally published by Harvard University Press Reprinted 2006 by Beard Books , Washington , D.C. ISBN - 13 : 978-1-58798-284-6 ISBN - 10 : 1-58798-284 ...
William E. Nelson. Copyright © 1982 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College Originally published by Harvard University Press Reprinted 2006 by Beard Books , Washington , D.C. ISBN - 13 : 978-1-58798-284-6 ISBN - 10 : 1-58798-284 ...
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... Harvard Law Review , 99 ( 1986 ) : 1075 , 1081 . 5 Ibid . , 968 , 974 ( dissenting opinion ) . 6 Christopher c . DeMuth & Douglas H. Ginsburg , " White House Review of Agency Rulemaking , " Harvard Law Review , 99 ( 1986 ) : 1075 , 1081 ...
... Harvard Law Review , 99 ( 1986 ) : 1075 , 1081 . 5 Ibid . , 968 , 974 ( dissenting opinion ) . 6 Christopher c . DeMuth & Douglas H. Ginsburg , " White House Review of Agency Rulemaking , " Harvard Law Review , 99 ( 1986 ) : 1075 , 1081 ...
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... , Americanization of the Common Law : The Impact of Legal Change on Massachusetts Society , 1760-1830 ( Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press , 1975 ) , 14 . judicial discretion . Judges also lacked power to raise and.
... , Americanization of the Common Law : The Impact of Legal Change on Massachusetts Society , 1760-1830 ( Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press , 1975 ) , 14 . judicial discretion . Judges also lacked power to raise and.
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... Harvard University provided me with a year of research time free from other responsibilities during which I began to expand an early article into a book . The Law Center Foun- dation of New York University provided research support that ...
... Harvard University provided me with a year of research time free from other responsibilities during which I began to expand an early article into a book . The Law Center Foun- dation of New York University provided research support that ...
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