03037nam 2200601Ia 450 991045607480332120200520144314.01-282-44516-297866124451630-472-02404-3(CKB)2520000000006806(EBL)3414592(OCoLC)923500627(SSID)ssj0000425688(PQKBManifestationID)11288316(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425688(PQKBWorkID)10369466(PQKB)11765115(MiAaPQ)EBC3414592(Au-PeEL)EBL3414592(CaPaEBR)ebr10356843(CaONFJC)MIL244516(EXLCZ)99252000000000680620060206e20032006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolitics, policy and organizations[electronic resource] frontiers in the scientific study of bureaucracy /edited by George A. Krause & Kenneth J. MeierAnn Arbor The University of Michigan Pressc20031 online resource (361 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-472-03114-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 TasksAdapting 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 BureaucracyReferencesContributors; Author Index; Subject IndexBureaucracyCongressesPublic administrationCongressesElectronic books.BureaucracyPublic administration351Krause George A.1965-955889Meier Kenneth J.1950-896838MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456074803321Politics, policy and organizations2163585UNINA