The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The "Problem of Bureaucracy" -- 2. Replacing Political Patronage with Merit: The Roles of the President and the Congress in the Origins of the Federal Civil Service System -- 3. The Continuing Political Conflict over Control of Federal Employees and the Requirement for Further Institutional Change -- 4. The Rise of Federal Employees as an Interest Group: The Early Years -- 5. The Maturation of Federal Employees as an Interest Group -- 6. Explaining the Success of Federal Employees as an Interest Group -- 7. The Implicantions of a Protected Bureaucracy -- 8. The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change in the Political Arena -- Appendix A: Appendix to Chapter 2 -- Appendix B: Appendix to Chapter 3 -- Appendix C: Appendix to Chapter 5 -- Appendix D: Appendix to Chapter 6 -- References -- Index.