Politics of the Administrative Process

by Fesler, James W.; Kettl, Donald F.

• ISBN13: 9780934540810
• ISBN10: 0934540810
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-10-01
• Publisher: Seven Bridges Pr Llc

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Introduction	p. 1
What Government Does--And How It Does It	p. 25
What Government Does	p. 27
Organizations and the Role of Government's Structure	p. 43
Organization Theory: Foundations	p. 45
Organization Theory: Strategies and Tactics for Administrative Reform	p. 68
The Executive Branch	p. 88
Organization Problems	p. 111
People in Government Organizations	p. 133
The Civil Service	p. 135
The Higher Public Service	p. 179
Government Decisions-- Making and Im- plementing Them	p. 215
Decision Making	p. 247
Budgeting	p. 250
Implementation	p. 284
	p. 317
Legislative Control of Administration	p. 319
Regulation and the Courts	p. 340
Conclusion	p. 367
Notes	p. 387
List of Acronyms	p. 466
Index of Names	p. 469
Index of Subjects	p. 479
About the Authors	p. 493
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