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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... results from their electoral mandates . How does this goal square with the long history of bureaucracy in the American republic ? The most prominent piece of academic writing on the history of bureaucracy is Stephen Skowronek's Building ...
... results from their electoral mandates . How does this goal square with the long history of bureaucracy in the American republic ? The most prominent piece of academic writing on the history of bureaucracy is Stephen Skowronek's Building ...
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... result , little was accom- plished prior to 1900.20 The hero of Skowronek's book is Teddy Roosevelt . Roosevelt used his popu- larity to force the passage of legislation that subjected large segments of the federal civil service to more ...
... result , little was accom- plished prior to 1900.20 The hero of Skowronek's book is Teddy Roosevelt . Roosevelt used his popu- larity to force the passage of legislation that subjected large segments of the federal civil service to more ...
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... result , the power structure of Congress was fragmented . No longer did a majority of the party caucus elect party leaders and place them on a single commit- tee capable of disciplining recalcitrant party members . Instead , leaders ...
... result , the power structure of Congress was fragmented . No longer did a majority of the party caucus elect party leaders and place them on a single commit- tee capable of disciplining recalcitrant party members . Instead , leaders ...
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... results from decisions taken in the name of morality . I could , in particular , inquire why radical Reconstruction - a noble attempt to better the condition of man- kind - was followed in American history by the Gilded Age - a time in ...
... results from decisions taken in the name of morality . I could , in particular , inquire why radical Reconstruction - a noble attempt to better the condition of man- kind - was followed in American history by the Gilded Age - a time in ...
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