The Politics Of Budget Control: Congress, The Presidency And Growth Of The Administrative State

by John A. Marini

Overview

First Published in 1992. The federal budget has attained unparalleled significance at the heart of American politics in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The modern budget system has become the mechanism by which a distinctively American administrative state was put in place and made operative. The growth of the administrative state has transformed politics in America, but many Americans are unaware of its existence. This study looks at budget control within the realms of Congress, the Presidency and the development of the Administrative State.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135844417
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/04/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

John Marini

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Congress, the Presidency, and Administrative Organization; Chapter 2 Budgeting and Reform: Executive Budgeting and the Legacy of Progressivism; Chapter 3 Reorganization and Reform: The Institutionalized Bureaucracy and the Legacy of Liberalism; Chapter 4 Reorganization and Reaction: The End of the Progressive Presidency?; Chapter 5 Congress, the Presidency, and the Politics of the Administrative State; Chapter 6 The Administrative State and the Crisis of Constitutional Government;