The politics of the administrative process

書誌事項

The politics of the administrative process

James W. Fesler and Donald F. Kettl

Chatham House Publishers, c1996

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-465) and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

An introduction to the field of public administration which has been revised to reflect the political issues of the 1990s. The major components and processes of the bureaucratic system are covered. This encompasses the functions and tools of government, organization theory, the executive branch, and the civil service, as well as problems of decision making, budgeting, implementation, and legislative and judicial control.

目次

  • Part 1 What government does, and how it does it: what government does - the functions of government, the tools of government. Part 2 Organizations and the role of government's structure: organization theory - foundations - the structural approach to large organizations, systems theory, the humanist challenge, the pluralist challenge, the challenge of third-party administration
  • organization theory - strategies and tactics for administration reform - reform in America, conflicting theories, all the world's a stage
  • the executive branch - executive branch components, direction of the executive branch
  • organization problems - the search for effective organization, reorganization. Part 3 People in government organizations: the civil service - public employment, managing the system, position classification, staffing, pay, employee rights and obligations
  • the higher public service - how elite is the elite?, the mix of political and career officials, political executives, the senior executive service, pay. Part 4 Government decisions - making and implementing them: decision making - basic problems, rational decision making, bargaining, participative decision making, public choice, limits on decision making
  • budgeting - the role of the budget, budget making, budget appropriation, budget execution
  • implementation - judging program success and failure, problems of performance, intergovernmental relations, contracting, the government's dilemma, the importance of feedback. Part 5 Administration in a democracy: legislative control of administration - the paradox of oversight, committee oversight of administration, the general accounting office, the legislative veto
  • regulation and the courts - the regulatory task, regulatory procedure, courts' regulation of the regulators, presidential regulation of the regulators
  • conclusion - bureaucratic accountability, ethics, the public service.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA34528313
  • ISBN
    • 1566430259
  • LCCN
    95050155
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Chatham, N.J.
  • ページ数/冊数
    xviii, 494 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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