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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... sought " to confront problems of covert redistribution and oversealous pursuit of agency goals " by requiring bureaucrats to submit all proposed new rules for review by the Office of Management and Budget , an agency within the White ...
... sought " to confront problems of covert redistribution and oversealous pursuit of agency goals " by requiring bureaucrats to submit all proposed new rules for review by the Office of Management and Budget , an agency within the White ...
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... sought to create -- a state governed by experts in pursuit of a consensus on which all whose views matter agree ? In his concluding paragraph , Showronek seems to think so . He writes that " [ t ] he magnitude of the governing problems ...
... sought to create -- a state governed by experts in pursuit of a consensus on which all whose views matter agree ? In his concluding paragraph , Showronek seems to think so . He writes that " [ t ] he magnitude of the governing problems ...
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... sought to remove the economic incentives that some businessmen had for tying themselves to a political party . Finally , a number of federal agencies began publishing records of their decisions in an effort to generate precedent - like ...
... sought to remove the economic incentives that some businessmen had for tying themselves to a political party . Finally , a number of federal agencies began publishing records of their decisions in an effort to generate precedent - like ...
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