Tides of Reform: Making Government Work, 1945-1995 (Revised)

by Paul C. Light

Book Overview

Paul Light explains that Congress and the presidency have never decided whether they trust government and its employees to do their jobs well, and so they have moved back and forth over the decades between four reform philosophies: scientific management, war on waste, watchful eye, and liberation management. These four philosophies, argues Light, operate with different goals, implementation strategies, and impacts. Yet reform initiatives draw on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300076576
• ISBN13: 9780300076578
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"