Administrative Renewal Reorganization

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.

Introduction

1

(4)

Evolving Theoretical Foundations of the Executive Branch

5

(20)

The Federalist Creation

5

(4)

Organizational Management in the 19th Century

9

(3)

Progressivism and Its Values

12

(4)

Rise and Decline of Orthodoxy

16

(3)

Heterodoxy: Deconstructing the State

19

(1)

New Public Management: Entrepreneurs Versus Constitutionalists

20

(5)

Landmark Commissions

25

(104)

Keep Commission (1905-1909)

26

(5)

President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency (1910-1913)

31

(6)

Joint Committee on Reorganization (1921-1924)

37

(8)

Reorganization Authority (1930-1933)

45

(3)

President's Committee on Administrative Management (Brownlow Committee), 1936-1937

48

(7)

Reorganization Authority: 1939, 1945 Acts

55

(2)

First Hoover Commission (1947-1949)

57

(12)

Reorganization Act of 1949

69

(4)

Second Hoover Commission (1953-1955)

73

(7)

Study Task Forces on Executive Reorganization (1953-1968)

80

(4)

President's Advisory Council on Executive Organization (Ash Council) (1969-1970)

84

(9)

President's Reorganization Project (1977-1979)

93

(8)

Reorganization Act of 1977

101

(5)

President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission) (1982-1984)

106

(6)

Reorganization Act of 1984

112

(3)

National Performance Review (1993-1997) National Partnership for Reinventing Government (1997-2000)

115

(14)

The Future of Reorganization Commissions

129

(8)

Selected Bibliography

137

(14)

Index

151

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Administrative Renewal Reorganization Commissions in the 20th Century

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