A Two-Way Street
Subtitle: The Institutional Dynamics of the Modern Administrative State (Political Science)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: September 9, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780822941026
Subjects: Central government; Political science & theory; Political structure & processes; Public Administration; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Public Affairs & Administration; Political Science / Government / General; Government - State & Provincial; Administrative agencies; Bureaucracy; Case studies; United States
Description: "One of the central questions of political science has been whether politicians control the bureaucracy or whether the bureaucracy possesses independent authority from democratic institutions of government. George A. Krause challenges conventional perspectives by maintaining that a broader institutional focus on administrative politics should entail the possible existence of a "two-way street" between bureaucratic agencies and political institutions.

Relying on advanced statistical techniques and case studies, Krause argues for a dynamic system of influence. His analysis and conclusions will challenge conventional theoretical and empirical wisdom in the field of administrative politics and public bureaucracy."--BOOK JACKET.