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The Political Economy of Bureaucracy (Paperback)
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The Political Economy of Bureaucracy (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
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The Political Economy of Bureaucracy applies Public Choice theory
and a complex systems view of government institutions to analyze
policy implementation as an economic process. It addresses the
common and vexing question of why managing federal agencies for
results is so difficult by challenging traditional assumptions of
institutional design and policy analysis. Using creative methods
that focus on relationships that constrain the choices of
executives and managers in a political hierarchy, the author
reveals control and coordination as goals that are imperfectly
achieved and often conflicting with one another. Despite decades of
intense study, serious reform efforts and impressive technological
advances, the U.S. government remains a typical bureaucracy that
fails to meet citizens' expectations. Clearly, policy analysis is
missing something. The problem may rest with "machine" models of
government. Rules, especially those governing expenditures, are
assumed to be feasible and effective. Analysis of the federal
government as a complex system of relationships between
semi-autonomous agents helps explain the disconnect between policy
and results. The solution is to roll back micro-management of ends
and means; policymakers should focus on objectives and facilitate
implementation by selectively relaxing constraints that prevent
experimentation needed to determine the most effective methods.
This book devotes unusual attention to the interaction between
executive and legislative branches of government and between
political appointees and career civil servants. Most studies of
government policy take existing institutional structure for
granted. Different conclusions emerge from this analysis by virtue
of the systems view that accepts status quo hierarchies but
questions the effectiveness of the rules that govern policy
implementation. This book will be of interest to postgraduates and
researchers focussing on Economic Theory, Public Choice,
Institutional Economics and Political Science, as well as to those
working in the public sector interested in Public Administration,
Public Policy, and Organizational Behavior.
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