Dynamics of Bureaucracy in the Us Government - How Congress Federal Agencies Process Information Solve Problems

This book assesses the influence of bureaucracy in American politics, asking how government agencies and Congress come to know about, and understand, important policy problems confronting citizens and government officials.

List of contents

1. Bureaucracy and problem-solving; 2. The dual dynamics of the administrative state; 3. The regulatory process as an attention mechanism; 4. Problem monitoring in the administrative state; 5. Problem prioritization and demand for information; 6. Problem-solving and the supply of information; 7. Information, bureaucracy, and government problem solving; Appendix A. Conceptualization and measurement; Appendix B. Statistical models.

About the author

Samuel Workman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. He has held the position of J. J. 'Jake' Pickle Research Fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, and the position of Assistant Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. He is one of the principals within the Center for Applied Social Research and the Center for Risk and Crisis Management, both at the University of Oklahoma. His work has appeared in the Policy Studies Journal and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Summary

This book assesses the influence of bureaucracy in American politics, asking how government agencies and Congress come to know about, and understand, important policy problems confronting citizens and government officials.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Workman, Samuel (University of Oklahoma) Workman, Workman Samuel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781107679559
• ISBN: 978-1-107-67955-9
• No. of pages: 207
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Zentralregierung, Political science & theory, Public Administration, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government, Central government