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Article: Political influence on the bureaucracy: the bureaucracy speaks.
- Article from:
- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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INTRODUCTION
Scholars of political science and public policy have studied the bureaucracy and its relative power vis-a-vis other political institutions in the United States. The extent of Congress's delegation of authority to executive agencies has made the issue of bureaucratic power and discretion more topical. Some have argued that the power of the bureaucracy is too great and violates constitutional principles (Lowi 1979), while others see delegation as a necessity in modern American government (Bryner 1987).
Two veins of thought dominate the recent literature on this topic. The first, bureaucratic autonomy, emanates from the early history of the ...