Overview
- Identifies the imperative of electoral checks on “deep state” power
- Elevates awareness of unaccountable governmental power
- Highlights the threat organizational norms may pose to democratic accountability
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conclusions
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores contemporary and historical examples of bureaucratic discretion to describe a continuum of resistance to authoritative directives by hierarchical superiors. Resistance ranges from blind obedience or complete nonresistance to street-level opposition; in between these extremes, however, are minimal compliance and resistance sanctioned by immediate superiors. Although politicians may pass legislation, the subject of bureaucratic implementation or lack thereof remains an area of vital concern. Grounded in administrative theory (beginning with Woodrow Wilson’s seminal discussion of the virtue of adopting a businesslike approach to American governing) and emphasizing the power of street-level bureaucrats, the aim of this book is to expand awareness of the potentially dangerous power of insulated bureaucrats.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Case Against Bureaucratic Discretion
Authors: Steven G. Koven
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05779-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05778-7Published: 07 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05779-4Published: 25 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 238
Topics: Public Policy, Public Administration, Governance and Government, Political Sociology