Bureaucracys Masters and Minions - The Politics of Controlling the U.s. Bureaucracy

In Bureaucracy's Masters and Minions the author argues that political control of the bureaucracy from the president and the Congress is largely contingent on an agency's internal characteristics of workforce composition, workforce responsibilities, and workforce organization.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Bureaucracy as a Whipping Boy for Politicians and Citizens Alike

Chapter 2: A Survey on Bureaucratic Control Mechanisms

Chapter 3: The Business of Agency Budgeting: Incrementalism

Chapter 4: Reflecting, Refining and Revising the Principal-Agent Approach: an Agent-Principal Model

Chapter 5: Using an Agent-Principal Model to Test Who Controls the U.S. Bureaucracy

Chapter 6: Elite Education: Understanding the Dynamics of K-12 Education Policy Changes

Chapter 7: Bureaucratic Control, Intransigence, and Fortitude

About the author

Eleanor L. Schiff is visiting assistant professor of political science at Bucknell University.

Summary

In Bureaucracy’s Masters and Minions the author argues that political control of the bureaucracy from the president and the Congress is largely contingent on an agency’s internal characteristics of workforce composition, workforce responsibilities, and workforce organization.

Product details

• Authors: Eleanor L. Schiff
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781498597791
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9779-1
• No. of pages: 154
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Public Administration, United States of America, USA, Public administration / Public policy