Working, Shirking, and Sabotage : Bureaucratic Response to a Democratic Public.
Title:
Working, Shirking, and Sabotage : Bureaucratic Response to a Democratic Public.
Author:
Brehm, John O.
ISBN:
9780472027385
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (280 pages)
Series:
Michigan Studies In Political Analysis
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
Examines who influences how federal, state, and local bureaucrats allocate their efforts.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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