Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy
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A01=Gary D. Libecap
A01=Ronald N. Johnson
administration
Author_Gary D. Libecap
Author_Ronald N. Johnson
budget
bureaucracy
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civil service
congress
economics
economy
employment
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federal employees
forms
funding
government
history
institutional change
interest group
labor
management
merit
nonfiction
political patronage
politics
president
reform
regulation
revenue
senate
spending
taxation
workforce
Product details
- ISBN 9780226401713
- Weight: 369g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 1994
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Examining the political and economic forces that have shaped the civil service system from the Pendleton Act of 1883 through today, the authors explain why, despite efforts to overhaul the federal bureaucracy (most recently by Vice President Al Gore), significant change remains a formidable challenge. Although politicians criticize the unwieldiness of the bureaucracy, this volume shows how they have been largely responsible for its design. The authors examine the development of federal employee interest groups and their negotiations with the president and Congress over hiring policies, salaries and conditions for terminating employment. Using transaction cost analysis and public choice theory, this book aims to provide a new understanding of the growth of the federal bureaucracy and the political and economic obstacles to reforming it.
