Research Catalog

Title

Politics, position, and power : the dynamics of federal organization / Harold Seidman.

Author

Seidman, Harold.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Description

ix, 268 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

The fifth edition of this classic work identifies and analyzes the implications of the shift toward administration of federal programs by third parties such as state and local governments, nonprofit corporations, and private institutions. Seidman demonstrates how control of regulations, rather than structure, has become the center of the struggle for position and power. Through this portrayal, Seidman shows how the courts have become primary actors in the administration process. Completely updated and revised to cover the Bush and Clinton administrations, this new edition is essential for understanding the changing nature of government and public administration today.

Subject

United States > Politics and government

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-253) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Executive branch organization : view from the Congress -- Executive branch organization : view from the White House -- Nixon's new American revolution -- Carter's "bottom-up" reorganization -- Reagan : from the positive to the regulator state -- Amputation before diagnosis -- The executive establishment : culture and personality -- Coordination : the search for the philosopher's stone -- Administrative agencies -- Advisory and intergovernmental bodies : twilight zone -- Concluding observations.

ISBN

0195090721 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^97026624^

OCLC

• 37373497
• SCSB-10085065

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library