Executive Governance: Presidential Administrations and Policy Change in the Federal Bureaucracy

by Cornell G. Hooton

Overview

This study explores the difficulties of translating presidential policy initiatives into ground-level policy implementation by the permanent government. Drawing on organization theory, it focuses on the ways that bureaucratic behaviours shape an agency's responsiveness to directives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315503639
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/08/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Cornell G. Hooton

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figure vii List of Titles and Acronyms ix Foreword by Kenneth J. Meier xi Preface and Acknowledgments xiii Chapter I. Introduction 3 2. Changing Direction 19 3. Legalism and Authority 47 4. Programmatic Context 66 5. Political Direction 82 6. Processes of Policy Change: Institutionalization 101 7. Processes of Policy Change: Defmition 115 8. Directing Federal Bureaus 140 Appendix A The Generic Bureau-Chain of Command 163 Appendix B Research Methods 164 Appendix C Bureaus in Continuous Existence from January 1977 to January 1981 172 vi Executive Governance Appendix D The Carter Administration's Preferences for Transit Notes General Bibliography Transportation Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

Examines relationships between bureaucracy and political executives from a behavioral perspective on organizations. An extended case study of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration and shorter cases on the Federal Highway Administration and the Food and Nutrition Service offer evidence that the legal authority of political executives is a key factor in their ability to change the policy direction bureaucrats, challenging principal-agent models of bureaucracy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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