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Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design: Political Insulation in the United States Government Bureaucracy, 1946-1997
David E. Lewis
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Paperback. This book explains why, when, and how political actors create administrative agencies in such a way as to insulate them from political control, particularly presidential control. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPQ; KNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
The administrative state is the nexus of American policy making in the postwar period. The vague and sometimes conflicting policy mandates of Congress, the president, and courts are translated into real public policy in the bureaucracy. As the role of the national government has expanded, the national legislature and executive have increasingly delegated authority to administrative agencies to make fundamental policy decisions. How this administrative state is designed, its coherence, its responsiveness, and its efficacy determine, in Robert Dahl’s phrase, “who gets what, when, and how.” This study of agency design, thus, has implications for the study of politics in ... Read more
The administrative state is the nexus of American policy making in the postwar period. The vague and sometimes conflicting policy mandates of Congress, the president, and courts are translated into real public policy in the bureaucracy. As the role of the national government has expanded, the national legislature and executive have increasingly delegated authority to administrative agencies to make fundamental policy decisions. How this administrative state is designed, its coherence, its responsiveness, and its efficacy determine, in Robert Dahl’s phrase, “who gets what, when, and how.” This study of agency design, thus, has implications for the study of politics in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804745901
SKU
V9780804745901
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About David E. Lewis
David E. Lewis is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Reviews for Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design: Political Insulation in the United States Government Bureaucracy, 1946-1997
"Lewis does an excellent job of carefully analyzing the interactive effects of divided government, partisan majorities, and presidential approval."
Perspectives on Politics " . . . [A] highly impressive, well-written study of how agencies in the federal bureaucracy are designed . . ."
Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Lewis has written a book that provides theoretical fodder for scholars ... Read more
Perspectives on Politics " . . . [A] highly impressive, well-written study of how agencies in the federal bureaucracy are designed . . ."
Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Lewis has written a book that provides theoretical fodder for scholars ... Read more