Executive Governance Presidential Administrations and Policy Change in the Federal Bureaucracy |
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| Author:
| Hooton, Cornell G. |
| Series title: | Bureaucracies, Public Administration, and Public Policy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7656-0048-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1997 |
| Publisher: | M. E. Sharpe Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $126.95 |
Book Description:
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This study explores the difficulties of translating presidential policy initiatives into ground-level policy implementation by the permanent government. Drawing on organization theory, it focuses on the ways that bureaucratic behaviours shape an agency's responsiveness to directives.
This study explores the difficulties of translating presidential policy initiatives into ground-level policy implementation by the permanent government. Drawing on organization theory, it focuses on the ways that bureaucratic behaviours shape an agency's responsiveness to directives.