Building a Legislative-Centered Public Administration

by Rosenbloom, David H.

• ISBN13: 9780817311643
• ISBN10: 0817311645
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr

Author Biography

David H. Rosenbloom is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at American University in Washington, D.C. In 1999, he received the Dwight Waldo Award from the American Society of Public Administration for his outstanding contributions to the field

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Abbreviations and Acronyms	xv
The Problem: Repositioning Congress in the Modern Administrative State	1	(22)
The Legislative Process by Other Means: Agencies as Extensions of Congress	23	(37)
Supervising the Agencies: Developing Congress's Capacity for Continuous Oversight	60	(44)
Constituency Time: Casework, Public Works, and Incumbency	104	(27)
Legislative-Centered Public Administration: Administrative Theory, Practice, and Reform	131	(26)
Appendix: Statutes Cited	157	(2)
Notes	159	(14)
References	173	(16)
Index	189