Jr. Niskanen

Bureaucracy and Representative Government

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to develop a formal theory of supply by bureaus

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9781138519909
• ISBN-10: 1138519901
• Artikelnr.: 50497484

Autorenporträt

Jr. Niskanen

Inhaltsangabe

I: Introduction
1: Introduction
II: Critical Elements of a Theory of Supply by Bureaus
2: Characteristics of Bureaus
3: Bureaus and Their Environment
4: The Bureaucrat's Maximand
III: The Basic Model
5: Budget and Output Behavior
6: Production Behavior
7: Comparison of Organizational Forms
8: Effects of Changes in Demand and Cost Conditions
IV: Variations on the Basic Model
9: Nonprofit Organizations
10: The "Mixed" Bureau
11: The Multi-Service Bureau
12: Effects of the Time-Distribution of Expenditures
V: The Government Market for a Bureau's Services
13: The Behavior of Collective Organizations
14: A Model of the Review Process in Representative Government
15: Bureaucratic Behavior in a Competitive Environment
16: An Aggregative Model of Public Services in the United States
VI: The Alternatives
17: The Basis for Normative Judgments
18: Bureaucratic Alternatives
19: Market Alternatives
20: Political Alternatives
VII: Conclusion
21: A Summary Agenda

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I: Introduction; 1: Introduction; II: Critical Elements of a Theory of Supply by Bureaus; 2: Characteristics of Bureaus; 3: Bureaus and Their Environment; 4: The Bureaucrat's Maximand; III: The Basic Model; 5: Budget and Output Behavior; 6: Production Behavior; 7: Comparison of Organizational Forms; 8: Effects of Changes in Demand and Cost Conditions; IV: Variations on the Basic Model; 9: Nonprofit Organizations; 10: The "Mixed" Bureau; 11: The Multi-Service Bureau; 12: Effects of the Time-Distribution of Expenditures; V: The Government Market for a Bureau's Services; 13: The Behavior of Collective Organizations; 14: A Model of the Review Process in Representative Government; 15: Bureaucratic Behavior in a Competitive Environment; 16: An Aggregative Model of Public Services in the United States; VI: The Alternatives; 17: The Basis for Normative Judgments; 18: Bureaucratic Alternatives; 19: Market Alternatives; 20: Political Alternatives; VII: Conclusion; 21: A Summary Agenda