Building a legislative-centered public administration : Congress and the administrative state, 1946-1999 / David H. Rosenbloom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenbloom, David H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies--United States.

Administrative agencies.

Administrative law--United States.

Administrative law.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Award-winning scholar David Rosenbloom explains the reasons behind Congress's expanded role in the federal government, its underlying coherence, and its continuing significance for those who study and practice public administration. Before 1946 the congressional role in public administration had been limited to authorization, funding, and review of federal administrative operations, which had grown rapidly as a result of the New Deal and the Second World War. But in passing the Administrative Procedure Act and the Legislative Reorganization Act that pivotal year, Congress self-consciously

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1. The Problem: Repositioning Congress in the Modern Administrative State; 2. The Legislative Process by Other Means: Agencies as Extensions of Congress; 3. Supervising the Agencies: Developing Congress's Capacity for Continuous Oversight; 4. Constituency Time: Casework, Public Works, and Incumbency; 5. Legislative-Centered Public Administration: Administrative Theory, Practice, and Reform; Appendix: Statutes Cited; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-187) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-1357-5

OCLC:

817893074