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In Administrative Renewal, the periodic efforts to reorganize the executive branch during the 20th century are examined and analyzed. Receiving special attention are the landmark commissions, such as the Hoover Commissions of mid-century, to determine how they influenced the theory and practice of democratic administration.
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From the Keep Commission of 1905 to the National Partnership for Reinventing Government of 1997, a series of commissions and committees have been convened by the executive branch of the U.S. government and charged with the mandate of reorganizing administrative management. The author examines each of these commissions in turn, analyzing the changes in the values and norms of the commissions. He suggests that, over time, the raison d'etre for the commissions changed from making government more politically accountable to making it more autonomous and "efficient," sacrificing political accountability. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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