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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... ultimately published his findings . 12 Most recently , the Food and Drug Administration rejected scientific findings that the morn- ing - after birth control pill is safe and effective and placated its political base by refus- ing to ...
... ultimately published his findings . 12 Most recently , the Food and Drug Administration rejected scientific findings that the morn- ing - after birth control pill is safe and effective and placated its political base by refus- ing to ...
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... ultimately work to complete the Progressives ' break with the past . " He hopes that " [ t ] he search for control and direction may yet persuade us to move beyond our unwieldly Constitu- tion " and toward a world of " reenergized ...
... ultimately work to complete the Progressives ' break with the past . " He hopes that " [ t ] he search for control and direction may yet persuade us to move beyond our unwieldly Constitu- tion " and toward a world of " reenergized ...
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... ultimately it could not enforce what it enacted . Colonial legislatures met for at most a few weeks each year , and whatever acts they adopted were subject to being overridden by gubernatorial veto or by authorities in England . Thus ...
... ultimately it could not enforce what it enacted . Colonial legislatures met for at most a few weeks each year , and whatever acts they adopted were subject to being overridden by gubernatorial veto or by authorities in England . Thus ...
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... be supreme . With military reconstruction , with legislation depriving the president of his command of the army , and ultimately with the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson , the checks and balances that had.
... be supreme . With military reconstruction , with legislation depriving the president of his command of the army , and ultimately with the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson , the checks and balances that had.
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... ultimately reached not the stalemate feared by Skowronek but compromises with which all could live . Late nineteenth century reformers pursued a version of this Madisonian ap- proach . They made one important change . Whereas Madison ...
... ultimately reached not the stalemate feared by Skowronek but compromises with which all could live . Late nineteenth century reformers pursued a version of this Madisonian ap- proach . They made one important change . Whereas Madison ...
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