Managerial discretion in government decision making
Subtitle: beyond the street level
By: Jacqueline Vaughn, Eric Otenyo.
Contributors: Otenyo, Eric Edwin.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780763746568
Subjects: Public administration -- United States; Public administration -- Decision making; Administrative discretion -- United States; Administrative agencies -- United States -- Management; United States -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-164) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The concept of administrative discretion; title: The historical foundation of administrative discretion; title: Factors affecting managerial discretion; title: Managerial discretion in the private sector; title: The plan of the book; title: Notes; title: Beyond street level discourse; title: Managerial and administrative discretion; title: Perspectives on discretion in decision making; title: Federalism and its place in understanding managerial discretion; title: Limitations on state and local discretion; title: From state and local discretion to unfunded federal mandates; title: When states take over a federal responsibility: immigration; title: Explaining managerial discretion; title: Support for managerial discretion; title: Opposition to managerial discretion; title: The courts and managerial discretion; title: Statutory and other types of constraints on discretion; title: Managerial discretion in local government; title: Local government management; title: Appointment and staffing powers; title: Mayors, discretion, and legislative processes; title: Policy implementation; title: Managerial discretion and school violence; title: Discretion in contracting; title: Creating new departments; title: Finance; title: Managerial discretion at the county level; title: The use of discretion by the county sheriff; title: Discretion in the Maricopa County sheriff's office; title: Local managerial discretion and the courts; title: A culture of corruption?; title: Managerial discretion at the state level; title: The role of the governor; title: Appointments; title: Economic development; title: Emergency management; title: Financial management; title: Policy development and implementation; title: Public safety; title: Veto powers; title: Other duties; title: When governors challenge the federal government; title: A governor on the spot: the case of Terri Schiavo; title: Discretion and other state level executives; title: State boards and commissions; title: Managerial discretion at the federal level; title: Presidential appointments; title: Judicial appointments; title: Other presidential appointments; title: Crises and managerial discretion; title: The president and executive orders; title: Executive privilege as discretion; title: The power to veto; title: Discretion within executive branch agencies; title: The Environmental Protection Agency; title: The Central Intelligence Agency; title: The Department of Justice; title: Discretional and managerial accountability; title: Responsibility and accountability; title: Elian Gonzalez and discretion and immigration cases; title: Discretion and democracy; title: Rulemaking; title: The changing managerial climate; title: Clinton as liberal; title: The conservative political agenda; title: Bush as conservative; title: Conclusions.