The Case Against Bureaucratic Discretion

• Main Author: Koven, Steven G. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Public administration.; Political science.; Political sociology.; Public Policy.; Public Administration.; Governance and Government.; Political Sociology.

This book explores contemporary and historical examples of bureaucratic discretion to describe a continuum of resistance to authoritative directives by hierarchical superiors. Resistance ranges from blind obedience or complete nonresistance to street-level opposition; in between these extremes, howe...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Theoretical Grounding of Bureaucratic Ethics
• 2. Theoretical Grounding of Democratic Accountability
• 3. Checks on Bureaucracy, Organizational Accountability and Organizational Culture
• 4. Discretion and Local Policy - Local Law Enforcement
• 5. Discretion and National Policy - National Law Enforcement and Veterans Affairs Abuses
• 6. Discretion and Foreign Policy
• 7. Conclusions.