It is nearly impossible to look at the implementation of any policy―from testing at an elementary school to testing of a pharmaceutical drug―and avoid seeing the impact and influence of public bureaucracies. Given the importance of their work, and the accountability they owe to the American public, the performance of public bureaucracies must be assessed in a systematic manner. Working through four key perspectives―bounded rationality, principal-agent theory, interest group mobilization, and network theory―Gormley and Balla give students the analytic power needed to comprehensively evaluate performance, or the give-and-take between decision makers, managers, elected officials, organized interests, and individuals. In addition to updating the book to account for recent developments and new scholarship―from the No Child Left Behind Act and presidential appointments to the Program Assessment Rating Tool and changes to the rulemaking process―the authors apply their working theories in a new chapter on the politics of disaster. With in-depth coverage of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the avian flu, students can learn important lessons from looking at similar events and crises through the same analytical lenses.

Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance

Politics & Social Sciences

Balla, Steven J.

Gormley, William T.

Politics & Government

CQ Press

Given the influence of public bureaucracies in policymaking and implementation, Steven J. Balla and William T. Gormley assess their performance using four key perspectives―bounded rationality, principal-agent theory, interest group mobilization, and network theory―to help students develop an analytic framework for evaluating bureaucratic accountability. The new Fourth Edition of Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance provides a thorough review of bureaucracy during the Obama and Trump administrations, as well as new attention to state and local level examples and the role of bureaucratic values. ? New to this Edition: <ul>
<li>Interviews with two new cabinet secretaries―Christine Todd Whitman and Tom Ridge―with insightful quotes from them throughout the book. </li> <li>Added material on the battle over regulations, a battle that will loom large during the Trump administration, including midnight regulations and the Congressional Review Act.</li> <li>New examples demonstrate the activity and influence of constituencies of different kinds including the placing of women and minorities on US currency, a vignette that features the musical Hamilton, and the political protests surrounding the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines.</li> <li>A new discussion of the privatization of roads, the pros and cons.</li> </ul>

About the Author 
Steven J. Balla is associate professor of political science, public policy and public administration, and international affairs at George Washington University. He is also a research associate at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy, and a member of the International Working Group on Online Consultation and Public Policy Making.\nWilliam T. Gormley Jr. is University Professor and professor of government and public policy at Georgetown University. He is the author of several books, including Organizational Report Cards, with David Weimer and Everybody’s Children: Child Care as a Public Problem.\nCornelius M. Kerwin is currently the provost of American University and a professor of public adminstration in American University′s School of Public Affairs. Dr. Kerwin served as the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) for the 1998-1999 term. Additionally, he worked as a consultant for several organizations, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.\nScott R. Furlong is Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs at SUNY Oswego as of July 2017, after serving ten years as dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of political science and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. His areas of expertise are regulatory policy and interest group participation in the executive branch, and he has taught public policy for over twenty years. He is the author or coauthor of numerous book chapters and coauthor of Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write Laws and Make Policy, 5th ed. (2019), with Cornelius M. Kerwin. His articles have appeared in such journals as Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Administration and Society, American Review of Public Administration, and Policy Studies Journal.

BUNDLE: Balla: Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance, 4e (Paperback) + Kerwin: Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write Law and Make Policy, 5e (Paperback)

Furlong, Scott R.

Kerwin, Cornelius Martin

Given the influence of public bureaucracies in policy implementation, Gormley and Balla assess their performance using four key perspectives―bounded rationality, principal-agent theory, interest group mobilization, and network theory―to help students develop an analytic framework for evaluating bureaucratic accountability.

CQ Press College

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BUNDLE: Balla: Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance, 4e (Paperback) + Kerwin: Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write Law and Make Policy, 5e (Paperback)

Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance