The Oxford Handbook of American Bureaucracy

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One of the major dilemmas facing the administrative state in the United States today is discerning how best to harness for public purposes the dynamism of markets, the passion and commitment of nonprofit and volunteer organizations, and the public-interest-oriented expertise of the career civil service. Researchers across a variety of disciplines, fields, and subfields have independently investigated aspects of the formidable challenges, choices, and opportunities this dilemma poses for governance, democratic constitutionalism, and theory building. This literature is vast, affords multiple and conflicting perspectives, is methodologically diverse, and is fragmented. The Oxford Handbook of American Bureaucracy affords readers an uncommon overview and integration of this eclectic body of knowledge as adduced by many of its most respected researchers. Each of the chapters identifies major issues and trends, critically takes stock of the state of knowledge, and ponders where future research is most promising. Unprecedented in scope, methodological diversity, scholarly viewpoint, and substantive integration, this volume is invaluable for assessing where the study of American bureaucracy stands at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, and where leading scholars think it should go in the future. The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of the field. The project is under the General Editorship of George C. Edwards III, and distinguished specialists in their respective fields edit each volume. The Handbooks aim not just to report on the discipline, but also to shape it as scholars critically assess the scholarship on a topic and propose directions in which it needs to move. The series is an indispensable reference for anyone working in American politics. Salient Features Engagingly written by an illustrious team of contributors. Provides the key point of reference for anyone working in the area.

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List of Figures List of Tables About the Contributors Preface PART I Introduction 1. Robert F. Durant: A Heritage Made Our Own PART II Reconceptualizing the Histroy of American Bureaucracy? 2. David Brian Robertson: Historical Institutionalism, Political Development, and the Study of American Bureaucracy 3. Kimberley Johnson: The 'First New Federalism' and the Development of the Administrative State, 1883-1929 4. Hindy Lauer Schachter: A Gendered Legacy? The Progressive Reform Era Revisited 5. David H. Rosenbloom: Reevaluating Executive-Centered Public Administrative Theory 6. Jonathan Koppell: Metaphors and the Development of American Bureaucracy 7. Robert F. Durant: Herbert Hoover's Revenge: Politics, Policy, and Administrative Reform Movements PART III Rethinking Reationality in American Bureaucracy? 8. B. Dan Wood: Agency Theory and the Bureaucracy 9. Amy B. Zegart: Agency Design and Evolution 10. Hal G. Rainey: Goal Ambiguity and the Study of American Bureaucracy 11. Steven Maynard-Moody & Shannon Portillo: Street-Level Bureaucracy Theory 12. Donald P. Moynihan: The Promises and Paradoxes of Performance-Based Bureaucracy 13. Anne M. Khademian: Leading Through Cultural Change 14. Ralph P. Hummel & Camilla Stivers: Postmodernism, Bureaucracy, and Democracy PART IV Redrawing the Boundaries of American Bureaucracy? 15. H. George Frederickson & Edmund C. Stazyk: Myths, Markets, and the 'Visible Hand' of American Bureaucracy 16. Michael McGuire & Robert Agranoff: Networking in the Shadow of Bureaucracy 17. Jocelyn M. Johnston & Barbara S. Romzek: The Promises, Performance, and Pitfalls of Government Contracting 18. Wolfgang Bielefeld, James L. Perry, & Ann Marie Thomson: 18. Reluctant Partners? Nonprofit Collaboration, Social Entrepreneurship, and Leveraged Volunteerism 19. Beryl A. Radin & Paul Posner: Policy Tools, Mandates, and Intergovernmental Relations 20. Sharon L. Caudle: Promises, Perils, and Performance of Netcentric Bureaucracy 21. Carolyn J. Hill & Carolyn J. Heinrich: Multilevel Methods in the Study of Bureaucracy PART V Recalibrating Poitics, Responsiveniss and Accountability in American Bureaucracy? 22. George A. Krause: Legislative Delegation of Authority to Bureaucratic Agencies 23. Robert F. Durant & William G. Resh: 'Presidentializing' the Bureaucracy 24. Jerry L. Mashaw: Bureaucracy, Democracy, and Judicial Review 25. Cornelius Kerwin, Scott Furlong, & William West: Interest Groups, Rulemaking, and American Bureaucracy 26. Samuel Workman, Bryan D. Jones, & Ashley E. Jochim: Policymaking, Bureaucratic Discretion, and Overhead Democracy 27. Jonathan Bendor & Thomas H. Hammond: Choice-Theoretic Approaches to Bureaucratic Structure PART VI Revitalizing the Constitutional, Resource Capacity and Ethical Foundations of American Bureaucracy? 28. Laurence E. Lynn, Jr: Has Governance Eclipsed Government? 29. Norma M. Riccucci: Revitalizing Human Resources Management 30. Lael R. Keiser: Representative Bureaucracy Daniel R. Mullins & John L. Mikesell: Innovations in Budgeting and Financial Management 32. Guy B. Adams & Danny L. Balfour: The Prospects for Revitalizing Ethics in a New Governance Era 33. Gary J. Miller & Andrew B. Whitford: Experimental Methods, Agency Incentives, and the Study of Bureaucratic Behavior Index