The Federal Civil Service system and the problem of bureaucracy : the economics and politics of institutional change
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The Federal Civil Service system and the problem of bureaucracy : the economics and politics of institutional change
(NBER series on long-term factors in economic development / editors, Robert W. Fogel and Clayne L. Pope)
University of Chicago Press, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-221) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth ISBN 9780226401706
Description
Examining the political and economic forces that have shaped the civil service system from the Pendleton Act of 1883 through today, the authors explain why, despite efforts to overhaul the federal bureaucracy (most recently by Vice President Al Gore), significant change remains a formidable challenge. Although politicians criticize the unwieldiness of the bureaucracy, this volume shows how they have been largely responsible for its design. The authors examine the development of federal employee interest groups and their negotiations with the president and Congress over hiring policies, salaries and conditions for terminating employment. Using transaction cost analysis and public choice theory, this book aims to provide a new understanding of the growth of the federal bureaucracy and the political and economic obstacles to reforming it.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1: The "Problem of Bureaucracy" 2: Replacing Political Patronage with Merit: The Roles of the President and the Congress in the Origins of the Federal Civil Service System 3: The Continuing Political Conflict over Control of Federal Employees and the Requirement for Further Institutional Change 4: The Rise of Federal Employees as an Interest Group: The Early Years 5: The Maturation of Federal Employees as an Interest Group 6: Explaining the Success of Federal Employees as an Interest Group 7: The Implications of a Protected Bureaucracy 8: The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change in the Political Arena Appendix A: Appendix to Chapter 2 Appendix B: Appendix to Chapter 3 Appendix C: Appendix to Chapter 5 Appendix D: Appendix to Chapter 6 References Index
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: paper ISBN 9780226401713
Description
Examining the political and economic forces that have shaped the civil service system from the Pendleton Act of 1883 through today, the authors explain why, despite efforts to overhaul the federal bureaucracy (most recently by Vice President Al Gore), significant change remains a formidable challenge. Although politicians criticize the unwieldiness of the bureaucracy, this volume shows how they have been largely responsible for its design. The authors examine the development of federal employee interest groups and their negotiations with the president and Congress over hiring policies, salaries and conditions for terminating employment. Using transaction cost analysis and public choice theory, this book aims to provide a new understanding of the growth of the federal bureaucracy and the political and economic obstacles to reforming it.
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