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Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance
Contributor(s): Balla, Steven J. (Author), Gormley, William T. (Author)
ISBN: 1506348882     ISBN-13: 9781506348889
Publisher: CQ Press
OUR PRICE:   $94.05  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | American Government - National
- Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration
- Political Science | Public Policy - General
Dewey: 352.630
LCCN: 2017019027
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 360 pages
 
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Given the influence of public bureaucracies in policymaking and implementation, Steven J. Balla and William T. Gormley assess their performance using four key perspectives--bounded rationality, principal-agent theory, interest group mobilization, and network theory--to help students develop an analytic framework for evaluating bureaucratic accountability. The new Fourth Edition of Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance provides a thorough review of bureaucracy during the Obama and Trump administrations, as well as new attention to state and local level examples and the role of bureaucratic values.
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New to this Edition:

    Interviews with two new cabinet secretaries--Christine Todd Whitman and Tom Ridge--with insightful quotes from them throughout the book. Added material on the battle over regulations, a battle that will loom large during the Trump administration, including midnight regulations and the Congressional Review Act. New examples demonstrate the activity and influence of constituencies of different kinds including the placing of women and minorities on US currency, a vignette that features the musical Hamilton, and the political protests surrounding the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. A new discussion of the privatization of roads, the pros and cons.

Contributor Bio(s): Balla, Steven J.: -

Steven J. Balla is associate professor of political science, public policy and public administration, and international affairs at George Washington University. He is also a research associate at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy, and a member of the International Working Group on Online Consultation and Public Policy Making.