Political Science : Federal Government

This is the first book length assessment of the executive agency revolution in UK central government, part of the New Public Management, with 65 per cent of civil servants now working in agencies. The 'Next Steps' reformers' public interest view suggested value for money improvements. However, original analysis of budgets, performance data, documents and interviews reveals some support for an alternative 'bureau-shaping' perspective from rational choice, with officials using the reform to protect their welfare and substantial performance problems, especially in 'joining-up' government. more...

Price: $81.00

This is the first comprehensive examination of the evolution of executive governance in Israel. The book describes and analyzes the political and bureaucratic structures and processes that led to the predominance of the executive in policymaking and governance. It also analyzes recent political and administrative reforms and their consequences on the Knesset, political parties, governing coalitions and non-elected public authorities. more...

Price: $100.00

This study aims to identify how selection bias might occur when Medicare-eligible Department of Defense beneficiaries are enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. It suggests an analytic approach to estimate the effects of selection on Department of Defense costs. more...

Price: $30.00

A revisionist interpretation of the post-war evolution of European integration and the European Union (EU), this book reappraises and reassesses conventional explanations of European integration. It adopts a federalist approach, which supplements state-based arguments with federal political ideas, influences and strategies. more...

Price: $34.95

James Bovard is no fan of Big Government and under the last administration it grew unhindered. In "feeling your pain", Bovard looks back at the Clinton-Gore record on such abuses and absurdities as taxes, gun control, the Waco fiasco, Americorps, and federal funding of everything from programs dealing with disaster relief to puppet shows in Northern California. He looks at Hillary Clinton and her new role as New York's Senator Clinton. He also provides a fitting coda to the last eight years as he looks at the pardons, protections, and downright nincom-poopery of Clinton's last days. In the style that made Lost Rights a classic, Bovard sums up Clinton's presidency in a book that belongs on every American's bookshelf. more...

Price: $16.95