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RECORD NUMBER: 2652 OF 2856Main Title | Thickening government : federal hierarchy and the diffusion of accountability / | |||||||||||
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Author | Light, Paul Charles. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Brookings Institution : Governance Institute, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1995 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 31288728 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0815752504 (alk. paper); 9780815752509 (alk. paper); 0815752490 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780815752493 (pbk. : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Government executives--United States ; Bureaucracy--United States ; Federaal bestuur ; Uitvoerende macht ; Bureaucratie ; Bèurokratie ; Personalausstattung ; USA | |||||||||||
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Collation | xiii, 217 pages ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Ch. 1. How Thick Is Government? The Principles of Administration. The Changing Shape of Government. Growth Industries -- Ch. 2. Why Did Government Thicken? Lessons of History. The Orthodoxy of Thickening. Into the Present -- Ch. 3. Does Thickening Matter? The Diffusion of Accountability. Three Measures of Consequence -- Ch. 4. Where Does Thickening Start? The Roots of Thickening. Hidden Roots of Thickening -- Ch. 5. How Does Thickening Endure? How New Positions Are Created. Why Positions Spread -- Ch. 6. Can Thickening Be Stopped? A Brief Review. What to Do about Thickening -- Appendix: The Core Tables. The Sources. The Caveats. |