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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... politicians have undertaken a number of initiatives that make its analysis more rel- evant to issues of American governance than it was when first published . Since 1980 , political leaders , first in the legislative and now in the ...
... politicians have undertaken a number of initiatives that make its analysis more rel- evant to issues of American governance than it was when first published . Since 1980 , political leaders , first in the legislative and now in the ...
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... political official — the President - who possessed the legitimacy given by an electoral mandate . In short , the Reagan initia- tive was defended as " necessary to promote political accountability and to centralize and coordinate the ...
... political official — the President - who possessed the legitimacy given by an electoral mandate . In short , the Reagan initia- tive was defended as " necessary to promote political accountability and to centralize and coordinate the ...
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... politics.10 Late in 2003 , for example , a civil service medicare actuary was told by his politically appointed boss ... political base by refus- ing to allow the pill's marketing without a prescription . 13 As the New York Times has ...
... politics.10 Late in 2003 , for example , a civil service medicare actuary was told by his politically appointed boss ... political base by refus- ing to allow the pill's marketing without a prescription . 13 As the New York Times has ...
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... political superiors . The goal is to insure that the bureaucracy carries out the policies of officials who possess the democratic legitimacy that results from their electoral mandates . How does this goal square with the long history of ...
... political superiors . The goal is to insure that the bureaucracy carries out the policies of officials who possess the democratic legitimacy that results from their electoral mandates . How does this goal square with the long history of ...
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... political power by mem- bers of Congress , and thus it seems clear that he would have opposed the legislative veto and agreed with the result in Chadha . The book does praise Teddy Roosevelt's efforts to enhance presidential control of ...
... political power by mem- bers of Congress , and thus it seems clear that he would have opposed the legislative veto and agreed with the result in Chadha . The book does praise Teddy Roosevelt's efforts to enhance presidential control of ...
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