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_aWOLF, Patrick J. _928108 |
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_aNeutral and responsive competence : _bthe bureau of the budget, 1939-1948, revisited |
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_aThousand Oaks : _bSAGE, _cMarch 1999 |
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520 | 3 | _aTerry M. Moe argues that the interests of modern presidents lead them to eschew the "neutral competence" of professional staff agencies for the "responsive competence" more typical of presidential loyalists and the White House staff. This article examines the critical case of the Bureau of the Budget, 1939-1948, an agency that Moe claims faced a Faustian choice between sacrificing neutral competence or failing to respond to presidential needs. The scholarly and historical record indicates that, contrary to Moes claims, the agency maintained high levels of both neutral competence and responsiveness to Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman during this period. Moreover, the behavior of both the agency and its presidential clients was "rational" given the agencys structure and mission and given presidential needs | |
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_tAdministration & Society _g31, 1, p. 142-167 _dThousand Oaks : SAGE, March 1999 _xISSN 00953997 _w |
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_a20061113 _b1702^b _cNatália |
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_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c19779 _d19779 |
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