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Executive Governance

Presidential Administrations and Policy Change in the Federal Bureaucracy
By:Cornell G. Hooton
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780765600486
eText ISBN:9781315503639
Edition:1
Copyright:1997
Format:Reflowable

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This study explores the difficulties of translating presidential policy initiatives into ground-level policy implementation by the permanent government. Drawing on organization theory, it focuses on the ways that bureaucratic behaviours shape an agency's responsiveness to directives.