The Craft of Bureaucratic Neutrality: Interests and Influence in Governmental Regulation of Occupational Safety - Couverture rigide

Huber, Gregory A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521872790 ISBN 13 : 9780521872799

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Are political understandings of bureaucracy incompatible with Weberian features of administrative neutrality? In examining the question of whether interest groups and elected officials are able to influence how government agencies implement the law, this book identifies the political origins of bureaucratic neutrality. In bridging the traditional gap between questions of internal management (public administration) and external politics (political science), Huber argues that 'strategic neutrality' allows bureaucratic leaders to both manage their subordinates and sustain political support. By analyzing the OSH Act of 1970, Huber demonstrates the political origins and benefits of administrative neutrality, and contrasts it with apolitical and unconstrained administrative implementation. Historical analysis, interviews with field-level bureaucrats and their supervisors, and quantitative analysis provide a rich understanding of the twin difficulties agency leaders face as political actors and personnel managers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gregory A. Huber is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University and a fellow of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. This book is based on his dissertation, which won the 2002 Leonard White Prize of the American Political Science Association. Prior to joining the faculty at Yale, Huber was the Robert Hartley Fellow in Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521872790
• ISBN 13: 9780521872799
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie