Controlling the Bureaucracy: Institutional Constraints in Theory and Practice

by William F. West

Overview

Controls on the bureaucracy through administrative due process and presidential and congressional prerogatives are the focus of this book. The author examines these controls and assesses the trade-offs among them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563245145
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/31/1995
Series:	Bureaucracies, Public Administration, and Public Policy Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1680L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Ideas and Politics: The Context for Understanding and Evaluating Institutional Controls; Chapter 2 Administrative Due Process; Chapter 3 Politics, ideas, and Administrative Procedures; Chapter 4 The Administrative Presidency; Chapter 5 The Politics of Presidential Management; Chapter 6 Legislative Oversight; Chapter 7 The Politics of Congressional Influence; Chapter 8 Constitutional Issues;

Editorial Reviews

West (political science, Texas A&M U.) examines the relationship between bureaucracy and political institutions and concludes that courts and their decisions have no impact on the policy priorities of bureaucracies. He notes that recent presidents have made appointments that undermine their own control of bureaucracy, and places the debate over political control of bureaucracy into its constitutional context. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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