In the Web of Politics: Three Decades of the U.S. Federal Executive

by Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman

Book Overview

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Most people think of governmental bureaucracy as a dull subject. Yet for thirty years the American federal executive has been awash in political controversy. From George Wallace's attacks on ""pointy headed bureaucrats,"" to Richard Nixon's ""responsiveness program,"" to the efforts of Al Gore and Bill Clinton to ""reinvent government,"" the people who administer the American state have stood uncomfortably in the spotlight, caught in a web of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081570061X
• ISBN13: 9780815700616
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"