Bureaucracy and Democracy - Accountability and Performance

Informationen zum Autor William T. Gormley Jr. is University Professor and professor of government and public policy at Georgetown University. He is the author of several books! including Organizational Report Cards! with David Weimer and Everybody's Children: Child Care as a Public Problem. Klappentext Given the influence and impact of public bureaucracies in policy implementation! and the accountability they owe to the American public! their performance must be assessed in a systematic manner. With this new edition! the authors revisit their four key perspective: bounded rationality; principal-agent theory; interest group mobilization; and network theory to help students develop an analytic framework for comprehensively evaluating bureaucratic performance. Zusammenfassung With this new edition! Gormley and Balla revisit their four key perspectives: bounded rationality; principal-agent theory;interest group mobilization; and network theory! to help students develop an analytic framework for comprehensively evaluating bureaucratic performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Bureaucracies as Policymaking OrganizationsBureaucratic ReasoningThe Bureaucracy's BossesThe Bureaucracy's ClientsBureaucratic NetworksThe Politics of Disaster ManagementWhy Are Some Bureaucracies Better Than Others?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steven J. Balla, William T. Gormley, William T. Balla Gormley, GORMLEY WILLIAM T BALLA STEVEN
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2012
• EAN: 9781608717170
• ISBN: 978-1-60871-717-0
• Pagine: 336
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione