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BUREAUCRACY AND DEMOCRACY
ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE |
| By: |
Steven J. Balla, William T. Gormley |
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Paperback |
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£84.00 |
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£75.60 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1506348882 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781506348889 |
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| Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Pub. date: |
22 August, 2017 |
| Edition: |
4th Revised edition |
| Pages: |
360 |
| Description: |
Given the influence of public bureaucracies in policymaking and implementation, Steven J. Balla and William T. Gormley assess their performance using four key perspectives-bounded rationality, principal-agent theory, interest group mobilization, and network theory-to help students develop an analytic framework for evaluating bureaucratic accountability. The new Fourth Edition of Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance provides a thorough review of bureaucracy during the Obama and Trump administrations, as well as new attention to state and local level examples and the role of bureaucratic values.?New to this Edition:Interviews with two new cabinet secretaries-Christine Todd Whitman and Tom Ridge-with insightful quotes from them throughout the book. Added material on the battle over regulations, a battle that will loom large during the Trump administration, including midnight regulations and the Congressional Review Act.New examples demonstrate the activity and influence of constituencies of different kinds including the placing of women and minorities on US currency, a vignette that features the musical Hamilton, and the political protests surrounding the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines.A new discussion of the privatization of roads, the pros and cons. |
| Synopsis: |
Given the influence of public bureaucracies in policymaking and implementation, Steven J. Balla and William T. Gormley assess their performance using four key perspectives-bounded rationality, principal-agent theory, interest group mobilization, and network theory-to help students develop an analytic framework for evaluating bureaucratic accountability. The new Fourth Edition of Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance provides a thorough review of bureaucracy during the Obama and Trump administrations, as well as new attention to state and local level examples and the role of bureaucratic values.?New to this Edition:Interviews with two new cabinet secretaries-Christine Todd Whitman and Tom Ridge-with insightful quotes from them throughout the book. Added material on the battle over regulations, a battle that will loom large during the Trump administration, including midnight regulations and the Congressional Review Act.New examples demonstrate the activity and influence of constituencies of different kinds including the placing of women and minorities on US currency, a vignette that features the musical Hamilton, and the political protests surrounding the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines.A new discussion of the privatization of roads, the pros and cons. |
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US |
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CQ Press |
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Returnable |
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