Government by Investigation - Congress, President, and the Search for Answers, 1945-2012

Informationen zum Autor " Paul C. Light is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service. His many books include Driving Social Change: How to Solve the World's Toughest Problems and A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It. He is also a coauthor of Government by the People, now in its 24th edition." Klappentext "A Brookings Institution Press and Governance Institute publicationPaul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations at the core of this book were driven by the search for answers about significant breakdowns in government performance. Light reveals which investigations were most effective, and why." Zusammenfassung Examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures! bureaucratic mistakes! and personal misconduct undertaken by the US federal government between 1945 and 2012.

Product details

• Authors: Paul C Light, Paul C. Light, Light Paul C.
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2012
• EAN: 9780815722687
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-2268-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, 21st Century, LAW / Government / General, Political corruption, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political structure & processes, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Political structure and processes, Government powers, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Corruption in politics, government and society