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The Collaborative Chaos of Federal Administration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2014

Vivian Vale
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Abstract

At this moment in our history, most Americans have concluded that government is not performing well. It promises much, but it does not deliver what it promises. The great danger, in my judgement, is that this momentary disillusionment with government will turn into a more profound and lasting loss of faith.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , 01 April 1973 , pp. 177 - 194
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Copyright © Government and Opposition Ltd 1973

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1 For the mature, if slightly jaundiced, reflections of an ex‐bureaucrat, see Seidman, Harold: Politics, Position and Power, New York, 1970, Chapters 3, 6 and 9 Google Scholar.

2 See Neustadt, Richard E.: ‘Presidency and Legislation: the Growth of Central Clearance’, in American Political Science Review, 18 09 1954, pp. 641–71 Google Scholar.

3 Gilmour, Robert S.: ‘Central Legislative Clearance, a Revised Perspective’, in Public Administration Review, XXI, 1971, pp. 150–8 CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

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5 See, e.g., Output Budgeting, a feasibility study undertaken by the Department of Education and Science, HMSO, London, 1969.

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