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Title Facing the bureaucracy -- living and dying in a public agency
Creator/Author Garvey, G.
Publication Date1993 Jan 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 5614526
Resource TypeBook
Resource RelationFrom review by Isaac D. Benkin, Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander Ferdon, Washington, DC, in Energy Law Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2, (1993)
Subject293000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Policy, Legislation, & Regulation; NATIONAL GOVERNMENT-- ATTITUDES;US FERC-- HISTORICAL ASPECTS; BUSINESS;ENERGY MANAGEMENT;GOVERNMENT POLICIES
Related SubjectMANAGEMENT;NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS;US DOE;US ORGANIZATIONS
Description/Abstract Gerald Garvey, a Princeton University professor, was employed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as a consultant during the early and mid-1980s.^He has used his experience at the FERC in an effort to illuminate his thoughts about the theory of how bureaucracy functions in a Federal agency and his conclusions about the changes that must occur before the civil service can be an efficient and effective instrument for administering national affairs.^This book was written as a textbook on the subject of bureaucratic practice and organizational behavior.^The author`s observations are likely quite controversial.^The principal purpose of the book is to describe and analyze various theories about how public bureaucracies work.^Garvey first describes the notions of the group of theorists, the Old Theorists, who had their heyday during the Progressive movement of the late 1800s and the first three decades of this century and taught that the civil service bureaucracy could be a force for conducting the public`s business efficiently and effectively.^He contrasts these views with those of the so-called New Theorists, who emphasize the effort to reduce transaction costs as the primary task of Government and see the bureaucracy as a selfish interest group.^Garvey also describes the rise of the [open quotes]shadow bureaucracy[close quotes] that has arisen to bring technical expertise to the tasks of government without the inefficiencies and classification schemes that membership in the formal bureaucracy entails.
PublisherSan Francisco, CA (United States) ;Jossey-Bass Publishers
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: ([200] p)
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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