Politics and the bureaucracy : policymaking in the fourth branch of government /

Politics and the bureaucracy : policymaking in the fourth branch of government /

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Author / Creator:Meier, Kenneth J., 1950-
Edition:5th ed.
Imprint:Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2007.
Description:xxi, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Administrative agencies -- United States.
Bureaucracy -- United States.
Political planning -- United States.
Administrative agencies.
Bureaucracy.
Political planning.
Politics and government.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6631344
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ISBN:0495007471 (pbk.)
9780495007470 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-270) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Bureaucracy and Politics
  • Bureaucracy: A Favorite Target
  • Criticism and Rhetoric
  • Efficiency: An Untested Hypothesis
  • Is Efficiency a Goal? Administrative Power as Political Power
  • Case 1. Federal Housing
  • Case 2. The Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Case 3. The National Health Service Corps
  • Case 4. The Federal Trade Commission
  • Administrative Power: A Difficult Term
  • Summary
  • 2. The Structure of American Bureaucracy
  • The Organization of the Federal Government
  • Departments
  • Independent Agencies
  • The Government Corporation
  • The Advisory Committee
  • Minor Boards, Committees, and Commissions
  • The Political Bureaus of the President and Congress
  • The Size of the Bureaucracy
  • Budgetary Growth
  • The Federal Personnel System
  • The Career Civil Service
  • The Senior Executive Service
  • The Separate Merit Systems
  • The Excepted Service
  • The Executive Schedule
  • Dismissals
  • State and Local Bureaucracies
  • Implementation Networks
  • Summary
  • 3. Bureaucratic Power and its Causes
  • A Framework for the Study of Bureaus
  • Why Bureaucracy Is a Policymaking Institution
  • The Nature of American Politics
  • The Organization of Government
  • Task Demands
  • The Nature of Bureaucracy's Function
  • Sources of Bureau Power
  • External Sources of Bureaucratic Power: Political Support
  • Internal Sources of Bureau Power
  • Summary
  • 4. Bureaucracy and Public Policy
  • Regulatory Policy
  • The Scope of Regulatory Policy
  • Regulatory Bureau Policymaking
  • The Structure of Regulatory Agencies
  • The Environment of Regulatory Agencies
  • Redistributive Policy
  • The Scope of Redistributive Policy
  • The Structure of Redistributive Bureaus
  • Redistributive Bureau Policymaking
  • The Environment of Redistributive Agencies
  • Distributive Policy
  • The Scope of Distributive Policy
  • The Structure of Distributive Bureaus
  • Distributive Bureau Policymaking
  • The Environment of Distributive Agencies
  • Constituent Policy
  • The Scope of Constituent Policy
  • The Structure of Constituent Policy
  • Constituent Bureau Policymaking
  • The Environment of Constituent Policy Bureaus
  • Summary
  • 5. Bureaucracy and The Public's Expectations
  • Two Standards for Bureaucracy
  • Responsiveness I: Political Institutions, the Public, Law
  • Responsiveness II: Flexibility
  • Responsiveness III: Ethics
  • Responsiveness IV: Fair and Impartial
  • Competence I: Effectiveness
  • Competence II: Timeliness
  • Competence III: Efficiency
  • Competence IV: Reliability
  • Whose Fault Is It?
  • The Problem of Political Executives
  • Summary
  • 6. Controlling the Bureaucracy
  • Overhead Democracy
  • Legislative Controls on Bureaucratic Power
  • Legislation
  • Budgeting
  • Legislative Veto and Consultations
  • Oversight
  • Informal Contacts
  • Congressional Controls: Summary
  • Judicial Controls on Bureaucratic Power
  • Court Impact
  • Limits on Courts
  • Presidential Controls on Bureaucratic Power
  • Organizational Powers
  • Budget Powers
  • The Powers of Commander-in-Chief
  • Leadership
  • Restraints on Presidential Controls
  • Federalism as a Check on Bureaucracy
  • State Agencies as a Check on Federal Agencies
  • Federal Checks on State Bureaucracies
  • Federalism as a Check
  • The Ombudsman
  • Direct Democratic Control: Noncompliance
  • Summary
  • 7. Controlling Bureaucracy
  • The Administrative Platonist
  • The Fellowship of Science
  • The New Public Administration
  • Representative Bureaucracy
  • Participative Administration
  • Individual-Group Linkage
  • Group-Administrative Elite Linkage
  • Public Choice
  • Summary
  • 8. Reforming the Bureaucracy
  • How Much Control Is Needed?
  • The Performance of American Bureaucracy
  • Redundancy: The Impact of Duplication
  • Strengthening Political Institutions
  • The President
  • Congress
  • The Courts
  • Interest Groups
  • Creating a Better Merit System
  • Reform Entrance Procedures and Educational Training
  • Raise the Prestige of the Civil Service
  • Increased Executive Mobility
  • Awakening the American People
  • Increase Public Awareness of Politics and Participation
  • Increase Public Awareness of Bureau Policy making
  • Eliminate the Stereotypes of Bureaucracy
  • End Passive Acceptance of Delay
  • Lower People's Expectations of Government
  • A Hobson's Choice
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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