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

• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, : The University of Michigan Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 351
• Soggetto topico: Bureaucracy; Public administration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KrauseGeorge A. <1965-> MeierKenneth J. <1950->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Politics, policy and organizations
• ISBN: 1-282-44516-2; 9786612445163; 0-472-02404-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456074803321
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