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

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

Peter H. Schuck (Contact Author)

Yale University - Law School ( email )

P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT 06520-8215
United States

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