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Material Type: | Document |
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Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Sean Gailmard; John W Patty |
ISBN: | 9780226924403 9780226924427 0226924424 0226924408 9780226924410 0226924416 |
OCLC Number: | 871539803 |
Reproduction Notes: | [Birmingham, Ala.] Ebsco. online-Ressource ISBN 978-0-226-92442-7 (electronic bk.) ISBN 0-226-92442-4 (electronic bk.) ISBN 978-0-226-92440-3 ISBN 0-226-92440-8 ISBN 978-0-226-92441-0 ISBN 0-226-92441-6 ISBN 0-226-92442-4 (e-book) [Online-Ausg.] |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Series Title: | Chicago studies in American politics |
Responsibility: | Sean Gailmard and John W. Patty |
Abstract:
Although their leaders and staff are not elected, bureaucratic agencies have the power to make policy decisions that carry the full force of the law. This book explores an issue central to political science and public administration: How do Congress and the president ensure that bureaucratic agencies implement their preferred policies?
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"For the creativity of its design, the importance of its subject matter, and the depth of its analysis, Learning While Governing is sure to make a splash in the discipline. Sean Gailmard and John W. Patty dish up a rich array of insights into the development of policy expertise within the executive branch. Most importantly, they show that the development and transmittal of expertise is unavoidably haphazard, as the institutional solutions to some problems of governance unavoidably exacerbate others." (William G. Howell, University of Chicago)" Read more...
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