Title: Reforming bureaucracy : the politics of institutional choice /
Authors: Knott, Jack H., 1947-; Miller, Gary J.
Publisher: Prentice-Hall,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Bureaucracy United States.; Administrative agencies United States Reorganization; Administrative agencies United States Management Decision making.; Public administration Decision making
Contents: Introduction -- Bureaucracy and boss politics -- Progressive reform : constituencies, prescriptions, tactics -- Scientific management and professionalism -- Progressivism to the New Deal : reform principles become the administrative orthodoxy -- Assessing the reform model : is it efficient? -- Assessing the reform model :is it really neutral? -- Assessing the reform model : is it accountable? -- Explaining bureaucratic dysfunctions : two models -- The politics of administrative reform : individual rationality vs. social irrationality -- The quest for technical efficiency : budget reform -- The quest for neutral competence : personnel reform -- Institutional choice : assessing the alternatives.