The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy - The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change

The call to "reinvent government"-to reform the government bureaucracy of the United States-resonates as loudly from elected officials as from the public. Examining the political and economic forces that have shaped the American civil service system from its beginnings in 1883 through today, the authors of this volume explain why, despite attempts at an overhaul, significant change in the bureaucracy remains a formidable challenge.

Summary

Using transaction cost analysis and public choice theory, this book explores the growth of the federal bureaucracy and the political and economic obstacles to reforming it. It examines the political and economic forces that have shaped the civil service from the Pendleton Act of 1883 to today.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald N. Johnson, Gary D. Libecap
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.1994
• EAN: 9780226401713
• ISBN: 978-0-226-40171-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 369 g
• Series: NBER Series on Long-Term Facto; National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development; NBER-Long Term Factors (CHUP); National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economi
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration