Deliberate Discretion?
Subtitle: The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521817448
Subjects: Central government; Political economy; Politics & government; Political Science; General; Politics / Current Events; Separation of powers; Politics/International Relations; North America; Political planning; Political Science / General; Comparative government; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Bureaucracy; Law and politics
First sentence: Representative democracy is often defended on the grounds that regular elections are the best way to align the incentives of policymakers with the desires of citizens.