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Keeping a Watchful Eye

The Politics of Congressional Oversight

By: Joel D. Aberbach

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Keeping a Watchful Eye

The Politics of Congressional Oversight

By: Joel D. Aberbach

Congressional oversight activity has increased dramatically since the early 1970s. Congressional committees now spend more of their time holding hearings to review the activities of federal agencies, and committee staff members are busy collecting information about what goes on during program implementation. This book examines the reasons behind the surprising growth of congressional oversight. Using original data collected for this project, Joel D. Aberbach documents the increase in oversight activity and links it to changes in the political environment. He explores the political purposes served by oversight, the techniques Congress uses to uncover information about the activities of the federal bureaucracy, and the reasons why topics get on the oversight agenda. He concludes that even though the U.S. government system was not designed with a large administrative sector in mind, its ability to expose bureaucratic behavior to public scrutiny is impressive, and the Congress plays a vital role in this endeavor.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815723121

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9780815723127

Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

By: Joel D. Aberbach

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Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

By: Joel D. Aberbach

Contemporary American conservatism – a mélange of ideas, people, and organizations – is difficult to define; even conservatives themselves are unable to agree about its essential meaning. Yet the conservative movement is well financed, exerts strong influence in the Republican Party, inspires followers throughout the land, and has spawned a network of think tanks and media outlets that are the envy of its competitors. It is a powerful political force with which to be reckoned. This book examines how that has come about and what contemporary conservatism signifies for US politics and policy. It looks at the recent history of conservatism in America as well as its antecedents in the UK, traces changes over time using American National Election Study data from 1972 to the present in what it means when people say they are conservatives, and assesses the prospects for American conservatism, both in the near term electoral context and over the longer term as well.

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Routledge

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1317193962

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Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

By: Joel D. ABERBACH,Robert D. Putnam,Bert A. Rockman,Joel D Aberbach

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Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

By: Joel D. ABERBACH,Robert D. Putnam,Bert A. Rockman,Joel D Aberbach

In uneasy partnership at the helm of the modern state stand elected party politicians and professional bureaucrats. This book is the first comprehensive comparison of these two powerful elites. In seven countries--the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and the Netherlands--researchers questioned 700 bureaucrats and 6OO politicians in an effort to understand how their aims, attitudes, and ambitions differ within cultural settings. One of the authors' most significant findings is that the worlds of these two elites overlap much more in the United States than in Europe. But throughout the West bureaucrats and politicians each wear special blinders and each have special virtues. In a well-ordered polity, the authors conclude, politicians articulate society's dreams and bureaucrats bring them gingerly to earth.

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Harvard University Press

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0674020049

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Keeping a Watchful Eye

The Politics of Congressional Oversight

By: Joel D. Aberbach

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The Politics of Congressional Oversight

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In the Web of Politics

Three Decades of the U.S. Federal Executive

By: Joel D. Aberbach,Bert A. Rockman

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In the Web of Politics

Three Decades of the U.S. Federal Executive

By: Joel D. Aberbach,Bert A. Rockman

Most people think of governmental bureaucracy as a dull subject. Yet for thirty years the American federal executive has been awash in political controversy. From George Wallace's attacks on "pointy headed bureaucrats," to Richard Nixon's "responsiveness program," to the efforts of Al Gore and Bill Clinton to "reinvent government," the people who administer the American state have stood uncomfortably in the spotlight, caught in a web of politics. This book covers the turmoil and controversy swirling around the bureaucracy since 1970, when the Nixon administration tried to tighten its control over the executive branch. Drawing on interviews conducted over the past three decades, Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman cast light on the complex relationship between top civil servants and political leaders and debunk much of the received wisdom about the deterioration and unresponsiveness of the federal civil service. The authors focus on three major themes:the "quiet crisis" of American administration, a hypothesized decline in the quality and morale of federal executives; the "noisy crisis," which refers to the large question of bureaucrats' responsiveness to political authority; and the movement to "reinvent" American government. Aberbach and Rockman examine the sources and validity of these themes and consider changes that might make the federal government's administration work better. They find that the quality and morale of federal executives have held up remarkably well in the face of intense criticism, and that the bureaucracy has responded to changes in presidential administrations. Pointing out that bureaucrats are convenient targets in contemporary political battles, the authors contend that complexity, contradiction, and bloated or inefficient programs are primarily the product of elected politicians, not bureaucrats.The evidence suggests that American federal executives will carry out the political will if they are given adequate support and realistic

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0815723547

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The Role of the State in Taiwan's Development

By: Joel D. Aberdach

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The Role of the State in Taiwan's Development

By: Joel D. Aberdach

These essays are a product of a co-operative research project between American and Taiwanese social scientists. Of particular interest is the chapter discussing a comparative study of industrial policy, productivity growth and structural change in manufacturing.

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Routledge

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1317454766

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Enforcement at the EPA

High Stakes and Hard Choices, Revised Edition

By: Joel A. Mintz

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Enforcement at the EPA

High Stakes and Hard Choices, Revised Edition

By: Joel A. Mintz

A former EPA chief attorney traces the tumultuous history of the agency’s enforcement efforts from the Nixon through the second Bush administrations. Based on 190 personal interviews with present and former enforcement officials at EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice, and key congressional staff members—along with extensive research among EPA documents and secondary sources—this book vividly recounts the often-tumultuous history of EPA’s enforcement program. It also analyzes some important questions regarding EPA’s institutional relationships and the Agency’s working environment. This revised and updated edition adds substantial new chapters examining EPA enforcement during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. Its treatment of issues of civil service decline and the applicability of captive agency theory is also new and original. The first published work to treat the historical evolution of EPA enforcement, this book provides a candid inside glimpse of a crucial aspect of the work of an important federal agency. “Explores the agency’s strengths and weaknesses . . . With insight and intimate knowledge of enforcement and compliance, Mintz relates an interesting story.” —Ecology Law Quarterly

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Univ of TX + ORM

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0292737114

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9780292737112

Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

By: Joel D. Aberbach

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The Executive Branch

By: Joel D. Aberbach,Mark A. Peterson

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The Executive Branch

By: Joel D. Aberbach,Mark A. Peterson

Presents a collection of essay that provide an examination of the Executive branch in American government, explaining how the Constitution created the executive branch and discusses how the executive interacts with the other two branches of government at the federal and state level.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195309154

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9780195309157

In the Web of Politics

Three Decades of the U.S. Federal Executive

By: Joel D. Aberbach,Bert A. Rockman

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Three Decades of the U.S. Federal Executive

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Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

By: Joel D. ABERBACH,Robert D. Putnam,Bert A. Rockman,Joel D Aberbach

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Harvard University Press

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The Administrative State in Industrialized Democracies

By: Joel D. Aberbach,Bert A. Rockman

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The Administrative State in Industrialized Democracies

By: Joel D. Aberbach,Bert A. Rockman

The role of bureaucacy in industrialized democracies is compared to a nondemocratic industrializing society.

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Book's by Joel D Aberbach

Keeping a Watchful Eye

Keeping a Watchful Eye

Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

Keeping a Watchful Eye

Keeping a Watchful Eye

In the Web of Politics

In the Web of Politics

The Role of the State in Taiwan's Development

The Role of the State in Taiwan's Development

Enforcement at the EPA

Enforcement at the EPA

Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

The Executive Branch

The Executive Branch

In the Web of Politics

In the Web of Politics

Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

The Administrative State in Industrialized Democracies

The Administrative State in Industrialized Democracies

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