Bureaucracy and Representative Government

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

Informationen zum Autor Jr. Niskanen Klappentext This is the first book to develop a formal theory of supply by bureaus Zusammenfassung This is the first book to develop a formal theory of supply by bureaus Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Autorentext

Jr. Niskanen

Klappentext

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

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

Inhalt
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