Working, shirking, and sabotage : bureaucratic response to a democratic public /

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John Brehm and Scott Gates examine who influences how federal, state, and local bureaucrats allocate their effort by working or shirking, or even by sabotaging policy. The authors combine deductive models and computer simulations of bureaucratic behavior with statistical analysis in order to assess...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brehm, John, 1960-
Otros Autores: Gates, Scott
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1997.
Colección:Michigan studies in political analysis.
Temas:
Democracy > United States.
Bureaucracy > United States.
Local officials and employees > Professional ethics > United States.
State governments > Officials and employees > Professional ethics > United States.
Supervision of employees.
Government productivity > United States.
Bureaucratie > États-Unis.
Fonctionnaires locaux > Déontologie > États-Unis.
Gouvernements d'États fédérés > Fonctionnaires > Déontologie > États-Unis.
Personnel > Supervision.
Bureaucracy
Democracy
Employees > Professional ethics
Government productivity
Local officials and employees > Professional ethics
Supervision of employees
United States > Officials and employees > Professional ethics.
États-Unis > Fonctionnaires > Déontologie.
United States
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Bureaucracy and the Politics of Everyday Life
  • 2. Why Supervision Fails to Induce Compliance
  • 3. Foundations of Organizational Compliance
  • 4. The Preferences of Federal Bureaucrats
  • 5. Working and Shirking in the Federal Bureaucracy
  • 6. Working, Shirking, and Sabotage in Social Work
  • 7. Donut Shops and Speed Traps
  • 8. Policing Police Brutality
  • 9. Smoke Detectors or Fire Alarms
  • 10. Routes to Democratic Control of Bureaucracy
  • Appendixes
  • A. Models
  • B. Distributions
  • C. Estimates
  • References
  • Index

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