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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... late as 1973 , for example , the War Powers Resolution authorized Congress by joint resolution to terminate the use of armed forces in hostilities begun by the President without a declaration of war.2 Similarly , the Congressional ...
... late as 1973 , for example , the War Powers Resolution authorized Congress by joint resolution to terminate the use of armed forces in hostilities begun by the President without a declaration of war.2 Similarly , the Congressional ...
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... Late in 2003 , for example , a civil service medicare actuary was told by his politically appointed boss that he would be fired if he gave Congress his estimate that the Bush administration's preseciption - drug plan would cost $ 600 ...
... Late in 2003 , for example , a civil service medicare actuary was told by his politically appointed boss that he would be fired if he gave Congress his estimate that the Bush administration's preseciption - drug plan would cost $ 600 ...
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... late nineteenth and early twentieth century , during the years between 1877 and 1920 , did change occur . Skowronek identifies " new demands for government " as the engine of change.18 Government services had to be provided at an ...
... late nineteenth and early twentieth century , during the years between 1877 and 1920 , did change occur . Skowronek identifies " new demands for government " as the engine of change.18 Government services had to be provided at an ...
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... late as the 1860s , all appropriations were approved by a single committee in each house of Congress , the Committee on Appropriations . In view of the importance of spending , the members of the majority party sitting on that committee ...
... late as the 1860s , all appropriations were approved by a single committee in each house of Congress , the Committee on Appropriations . In view of the importance of spending , the members of the majority party sitting on that committee ...
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... Late nineteenth century reformers pursued a version of this Madisonian ap- proach . They made one important change . Whereas Madison had assumed that different interest groups would populate discrete geographic communities , the re ...
... Late nineteenth century reformers pursued a version of this Madisonian ap- proach . They made one important change . Whereas Madison had assumed that different interest groups would populate discrete geographic communities , the re ...
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