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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456074803321

Titolo

Politics, policy and organizations [[electronic resource] ] : frontiers in the scientific study of bureaucracy / / edited by George A. Krause & Kenneth J. Meier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : The University of Michigan Press, c2003

ISBN

1-282-44516-2

9786612445163

0-472-02404-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KrauseGeorge A. <1965->

MeierKenneth J. <1950->

Disciplina

351

Soggetti

Bureaucracy

Public administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; The Scientific Study of Bureaucracy: An Overview; Part 1. Theory; Why Do Bureaucrats Delay? Lessons from a Stochastic Optimal Stopping Model of Agency Timing, with Applications to the FDA; Agency Risk Propensities Involving the Demand for Bureaucratic Discretion; Veto Points, Policy Preferences, and Bureaucratic Autonomy in Democratic Systems; The Benefits of Agency Policy-making: Perspectives from Positive Theory; Part 2. Methodological Technology; Donut Shops, Speed Traps, and Paperwork: Supervision and the Allocation of Time to Bureaucratic Tasks

Adapting Agencies: Competition, Imitation, and Punishment in the Design of Bureaucratic PerformancePart 3. Empirical Studies; Consensual Rule Making and the Time It Takes to Develop Rules; Why It Matters Whether State Bureaucrats as Opposed to Federal Bureaucrats Administer Federal Programs; Structural Choice and Political Control of Bureaucracy: Updating Federal Credit Programs; Administrative Structure and Social Democratic Results: The Case of Education; Bureaucratic Discretion and Regulatory Success without Enforcement;



Conclusion: An Agenda for the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy

ReferencesContributors; Author Index; Subject Index