Bureaucratic dynamics: the role of bureaucracy in a democracy
The authors of this volume seek to dispel two powerful "myths of the bureaucracy" - the belief that the federal bureaucracy is unresponsive to government and the belief that democracy itself is imperiled by an out-of-control bureaucratic process. Wood and Waterman contend that the process...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The authors of this volume seek to dispel two powerful "myths of the bureaucracy" - the belief that the federal bureaucracy is unresponsive to government and the belief that democracy itself is imperiled by an out-of-control bureaucratic process. Wood and Waterman contend that the process is in fact a highly dynamic and democratic one Offering readable case studies and well-paired figures and tables (presented in both technical and nontechnical fashion), Bureaucratic Dynamics uses principal-agent theory to explain how the public policy system works High-profile cases of eight federal agencies from the EPA to the FDA and discussions of major legislation such as the Clean Air Act help the authors provide a new perspective on the overall bureaucratic process for students and professionals of the bureaucracy, public policy, administration, and government regulation |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 190 S. graph. Darst. |
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Autor: Wood, B. Dan
Jahr: 1994
Contents
List ofTables and Figures xi
Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
1 TOWARD A MORE DYNAMIC CONCEPTION OF
BUREAUCRACY 1
Populär Perceptions of Bureaucratic Adaptation 2
Legitimacy, the Constitution, and Bureaucratic Adaptation 5
Conclusion 9
2 SCHOLARLY THINKING AND RESEARCH ON
THE BUREAUCRACY 13
Normative Controversies over Politics and the
Bureaucracy 13
Empirical Controversies over Politics and the
Bureaucracy 18
The Principal-Agent Model 22
Conclusion 26
3 THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL CONTROL OF
THE BUREAUCRACY 27
Theories of Political Control 28
Past Research 29
Methods and Data 31
Studies in Political Control 71
Conclusion
4 THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL-BUREAUCRATIC
ADAPTATION 77
Past Research 78
An Adaptive Model of Politics and the Bureaucracy 79
Data, Measurement, and Hypotheses 83
x Contents
Four Models of Political-Bureaucratic Adaptation 88
Conclusion 101
5 A BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE ON POLITICAL-
BUREAUCRATIC ADAPTATION 103
The Sources of Bureaucratic Power 104
Expertise, Exogenous Events, Issue Salience, and
Nonrecursive Political-Bureaucratic Adaptation 107
Constituency, Vitality, and Leadership in Political-
Bureaucratic Adaptation 115
Conclusion 126
6 PROMOTING BUREAUCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY:
A TWO-WAY STREET 129
Information and Oversight 130
Agency Theory 132
Policy Monitoring 136
Conclusion 140
7 BUREAUCRATIC DEMOCRACY AND ITS DYSFUNCTIONS 141
On the Legitimacy of Bureaucracy in a Democracy 142
On the Roles of Political Principals 145
How Well Is Bureaucratic Democracy Working? 150
Conclusion 154
Appendix 155
Notes 157
References 165
About the Book and Altthors 177
Index 179
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