Is a Competent Federal Government Attainable or Oxymoronic?
19 Pages Posted: 14 Jul 2009
Date Written: July, 10 2009
Abstract
This is a review of two books on public policymaking performance and civil service reform at the federal level: A GOVERNMENT ILL EXECUTED: THE DECLINE OF THE FEDERAL SERVICE AND HOW TO REVERSE IT by Paul C. Light (Harvard U. Press 2008) and PROMOTING THE GENERAL WELFARE: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE, edited by Alan S. Gerber & Eric M. Patashnik (Brookings Institution Press, 2006).
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Schuck, Peter H., Is a Competent Federal Government Attainable or Oxymoronic? (July, 10 2009). George Washington Law Review, Vol. 77, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1432484
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