Research Catalog

Title

Managerial discretion in government decision making : beyond the street level / Jacqueline Vaughn, Eric Otenyo.

Author

Vaughn, Jacqueline.

Publication

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Otenyo, Eric Edwin.

Description

xxiii, 171 p.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Public administration > United States
• Public administration > Decision making
• Administrative agencies > United States > Management
• United States > Politics and government
• Administrative discretion > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-164) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The concept of administrative discretion -- The historical foundation of administrative discretion -- Factors affecting managerial discretion -- Managerial discretion in the private sector -- The plan of the book -- Notes -- Beyond street level discourse -- Managerial and administrative discretion -- Perspectives on discretion in decision making -- Federalism and its place in understanding managerial discretion -- Limitations on state and local discretion -- From state and local discretion to unfunded federal mandates -- When states take over a federal responsibility: immigration -- Explaining managerial discretion -- Support for managerial discretion -- Opposition to managerial discretion -- The courts and managerial discretion -- Statutory and other types of constraints on discretion -- Managerial discretion in local government -- Local government management -- Appointment and staffing powers -- Mayors, discretion, and legislative processes -- Policy implementation -- Managerial discretion and school violence -- Discretion in contracting -- Creating new departments -- Finance -- Managerial discretion at the county level -- The use of discretion by the county sheriff -- Discretion in the Maricopa County sheriff's office -- Local managerial discretion and the courts -- A culture of corruption? -- Managerial discretion at the state level -- The role of the governor -- Appointments -- Economic development -- Emergency management -- Financial management -- Policy development and implementation -- Public safety -- Veto powers -- Other duties -- When governors challenge the federal government -- A governor on the spot: the case of Terri Schiavo -- Discretion and other state level executives -- State boards and commissions -- Managerial discretion at the federal level -- Presidential appointments -- Judicial appointments -- Other presidential appointments -- Crises and managerial discretion -- The president and executive orders -- Executive privilege as discretion -- The power to veto -- Discretion within executive branch agencies -- The Environmental Protection Agency -- The Central Intelligence Agency -- The Department of Justice -- Discretional and managerial accountability -- Responsibility and accountability -- Elian Gonzalez and discretion and immigration cases -- Discretion and democracy -- Rulemaking -- The changing managerial climate -- Clinton as liberal -- The conservative political agenda -- Bush as conservative -- Conclusions.

Call Number

JFE 07-6073

ISBN

• 9780763746568 (alk. paper)
• 0763746568

LCCN

2006025678

OCLC

70884958

Author

Vaughn, Jacqueline.

Title

Managerial discretion in government decision making : beyond the street level / Jacqueline Vaughn, Eric Otenyo.

Imprint

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-164) and index.

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Table of contents only

Added Author

Otenyo, Eric Edwin.

Research Call Number

JFE 07-6073