The Oxford Handbook of American Bureaucracy

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-923895-8
Verlag: Sydney University Press

Buch, Englisch, 888 Seiten, Format (B × H): 181 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 1659 g

Reihe: Oxford Handbooks

One of the major dilemmas facing the administrative state in the United States today is discerning how best to harness for public purposes the dynamism of markets, the passion and commitment of nonprofit and volunteer organizations, and the public-interest-oriented expertise of the career civil service. Researchers across a variety of disciplines, fields, and subfields have independently investigated aspects of the formidable challenges, choices, and opportunities
this dilemma poses for governance, democratic constitutionalism, and theory building. This literature is vast, affords multiple and conflicting perspectives, is methodologically diverse, and is fragmented. The Oxford Handbook of American Bureaucracy affords readers an uncommon overview and
integration of this eclectic body of knowledge as adduced by many of its most respected researchers. Each of the chapters identifies major issues and trends, critically takes stock of the state of knowledge, and ponders where future research is most promising. Unprecedented in scope, methodological diversity, scholarly viewpoint, and substantive integration, this volume is invaluable for assessing where the study of American bureaucracy stands at the end of the first decade of the 21st
century, and where leading scholars think it should go in the future.

The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of the field. The project is under the General Editorship of George C. Edwards III, and distinguished specialists in their respective fields edit each volume. The Handbooks aim not just to report on the discipline, but also to shape it as scholars critically
assess the scholarship on a topic and propose directions in which it needs to move. The series is an indispensable reference for anyone working in American politics.

General Editor for The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics: George C. Edwards III

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of American politics, public administration, public management, and public policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Durant, Robert F

Edwards III, George C

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungsorganisation und -politik, Verwaltungslehre
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Public Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
About the Contributors
Preface
PART I INTRODUCTION
1: Robert F. Durant: A Heritage Made Our Own
PART II RECONCEPTUALIZING THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN BUREAUCRACY?
2: David Brian Robertson: Historical Institutionalism, Political Development, and the Study of American Bureaucracy
3: Kimberley Johnson: The 'First New Federalism' and the Development of the Administrative State, 1883-1929
4: Hindy Lauer Schachter: A Gendered Legacy? The Progressive Reform Era Revisited
5: David H. Rosenbloom: Reevaluating Executive-Centered Public Administrative Theory
6: Jonathan Koppell: Metaphors and the Development of American Bureaucracy
7: Robert F. Durant: Herbert Hoover's Revenge: Politics, Policy, and Administrative Reform Movements
PART III RETHINKING RATIONALITY IN AMERICAN BUREAUCRACY?
8: B. Dan Wood: Agency Theory and the Bureaucracy
9: Amy B. Zegart: Agency Design and Evolution
10: Hal G. Rainey: Goal Ambiguity and the Study of American Bureaucracy
11: Steven Maynard-Moody & Shannon Portillo: Street-Level Bureaucracy Theory
12: Donald P. Moynihan: The Promises and Paradoxes of Performance-Based Bureaucracy
13: Anne M. Khademian: Leading Through Cultural Change
14: Ralph P. Hummel & Camilla Stivers: Postmodernism, Bureaucracy, and Democracy
PART IV REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES OF AMERICAN BUREAUCRACY?
15: H. George Frederickson & Edmund C. Stazyk: Myths, Markets, and the 'Visible Hand' of American Bureaucracy
16: Michael McGuire & Robert Agranoff: Networking in the Shadow of Bureaucracy
17: Jocelyn M. Johnston & Barbara S. Romzek: The Promises, Performance, and Pitfalls of Government Contracting
18: Wolfgang Bielefeld, James L. Perry, & Ann Marie Thomson: 18. Reluctant Partners? Nonprofit Collaboration, Social Entrepreneurship, and Leveraged Volunteerism
19: Beryl A. Radin & Paul Posner: Policy Tools, Mandates, and Intergovernmental Relations
20: Sharon L. Caudle: Promises, Perils, and Performance of Netcentric Bureaucracy
21: Carolyn J. Hill & Carolyn J. Heinrich: Multilevel Methods in the Study of Bureaucracy
PART V RECALIBRATING POLITICS, RESPONSIVENESS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN AMERICAN BUREAUCRACY?
22: George A. Krause: Legislative Delegation of Authority to Bureaucratic Agencies
23: Robert F. Durant & William G. Resh: 'Presidentializing' the Bureaucracy
24: Jerry L. Mashaw: Bureaucracy, Democracy, and Judicial Review
25: Cornelius Kerwin, Scott Furlong, & William West: Interest Groups, Rulemaking, and American Bureaucracy
26: Samuel Workman, Bryan D. Jones, & Ashley E. Jochim: Policymaking, Bureaucratic Discretion, and Overhead Democracy
27: Jonathan Bendor & Thomas H. Hammond: Choice-Theoretic Approaches to Bureaucratic Structure
PART VI REVITALIZING THE CONSTITUTIONAL, RESOURCE CAPACITY, AND ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN BUREAUCRACY?
28: Laurence E. Lynn, Jr: Has Governance Eclipsed Government?
29: Norma M. Riccucci: Revitalizing Human Resources Management
30: Lael R. Keiser: Representative Bureaucracy
Daniel R. Mullins & John L. Mikesell: Innovations in Budgeting and Financial Management
32: Guy B. Adams & Danny L. Balfour: The Prospects for Revitalizing Ethics in a New Governance Era
33: Gary J. Miller & Andrew B. Whitford: Experimental Methods, Agency Incentives, and the Study of Bureaucratic Behavior
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert F. Durant is Professor of Public Administration and Policy in the School of Public Affairs at American University, where is also Chair of the Department of Public Administration and Policy. He has authored or co-authored national award-winning articles and books in the fields of Public Administration, Public Policy, Public Management, the Presidency, and Environmental and Natural Resources Policy. He has received the Charles H. Levine Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Public Administration research, teaching, and service. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.