Bureaucracy and Democracy

<p style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt;><span>Given the influence of public bureaucracies in policymaking and implementation Steven J. Balla and William T. Gormley assess their performance using four key perspectives—bounded rationality principal-agent theory interest group mobilization and network theory—to help students develop an analytic framework for evaluating bureaucratic accountability. The new <strong>Fourth Edition</strong> of <strong>Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance</strong> provides a thorough review of bureaucracy during the Obama and Trump administrations as well as new attention to state and local level examples and the role of bureaucratic values.<br />?</span></p><p style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt;><span>New to this Edition:</span></p><ul> <li style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt;><span>Interviews with two new cabinet secretaries—Christine Todd Whitman and Tom Ridge—with insightful quotes from them throughout the book. </span></li> <li style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt;><span></span><span>Added material on the battle over regulations a battle that will loom large during the Trump administration including midnight regulations and the Congressional Review Act.</span></li> <li style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt;><span></span><span>New examples demonstrate the activity and influence of constituencies of different kinds including the placing of women and minorities on US currency a vignette that features the musical Hamilton and the political protests surrounding the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines.</span></li> <li style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt;><span></span><span>A new discussion of the privatization of roads the pros and cons.</span></li></ul>