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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Page vii
... moral ideals to infuse American law and government with righteous principles . I set out in the spirit of a scientific historian to search for evidence to test which interpretation of the radicals was accurate . The evidence raised two ...
... moral ideals to infuse American law and government with righteous principles . I set out in the spirit of a scientific historian to search for evidence to test which interpretation of the radicals was accurate . The evidence raised two ...
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... moral values . Their examples made plausible my perception that the radicals of the Reconstruction era had acted on ... morality . I could , in particular , inquire why radical Reconstruction - a noble attempt to better the condition of ...
... moral values . Their examples made plausible my perception that the radicals of the Reconstruction era had acted on ... morality . I could , in particular , inquire why radical Reconstruction - a noble attempt to better the condition of ...
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... The Quest for a Scientific Morality 82 5 Building Bureaucratic Authority Structures 113 Conclusion : The Unresolved Tensions 156 Notes 163 Index 203 The Roots of American Bureaucracy , 1830-1900 Introduction : Origins.
... The Quest for a Scientific Morality 82 5 Building Bureaucratic Authority Structures 113 Conclusion : The Unresolved Tensions 156 Notes 163 Index 203 The Roots of American Bureaucracy , 1830-1900 Introduction : Origins.
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