Samuel Workman

The Dynamics of Bureaucracy in the Us Government

How Congress and Federal Agencies Process Information and Solve Problems

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book assesses the influence of bureaucracy in American politics, asking how government agencies and Congress come to know about, and understand, important policy problems confronting citizens and government officials.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 207
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9781107679559
• ISBN-10: 1107679559
• Artikelnr.: 56977126

Autorenporträt

Samuel Workman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. He has held the position of J. J. 'Jake' Pickle Research Fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, and the position of Assistant Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. He is one of the principals within the Center for Applied Social Research and the Center for Risk and Crisis Management, both at the University of Oklahoma. His work has appeared in the Policy Studies Journal and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Bureaucracy and problem-solving
2. The dual dynamics of the administrative state
3. The regulatory process as an attention mechanism
4. Problem monitoring in the administrative state
5. Problem prioritization and demand for information
6. Problem-solving and the supply of information
7. Information, bureaucracy, and government problem solving
Appendix A. Conceptualization and measurement
Appendix B. Statistical models.