The Future of Governing: Four Emerging ModelsUniversity Press of Kansas, 1996 - 179 pages "A very important book that should be read by everyone trying to make sense of the reform problem". -- Patricia W. Ingraham, coauthor of New Paradigms for Government. |
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Page 27
... regulations " in American politi- cal parlance . When legislatures pass any major piece of legislation , they tend to leave a great deal of the elaboration of specifics to the bureaucracy . Legislatures cannot specify all the ...
... regulations " in American politi- cal parlance . When legislatures pass any major piece of legislation , they tend to leave a great deal of the elaboration of specifics to the bureaucracy . Legislatures cannot specify all the ...
Page 92
... regulation . Rather , it results from perceptions of the bureaucracy and its dysfunctions held by the public and their elected representatives . Members of the bureaucracy themselves are often as frustrated by the internal regulations ...
... regulation . Rather , it results from perceptions of the bureaucracy and its dysfunctions held by the public and their elected representatives . Members of the bureaucracy themselves are often as frustrated by the internal regulations ...
Page 94
... regulations amassed over the decades . OPM is now attempting to op- erate a highly decentralized and flexible personnel system in place of the more rule - driven system ( see Perry 1993 ) and to devolve a good deal of personnel pol- icy ...
... regulations amassed over the decades . OPM is now attempting to op- erate a highly decentralized and flexible personnel system in place of the more rule - driven system ( see Perry 1993 ) and to devolve a good deal of personnel pol- icy ...
Contents
Market Models for Reforming Government | 21 |
The Participatory State | 47 |
Flexible Government | 72 |
Copyright | |
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