The politicization of bureaucracy is a widespread strategy to increase the political control of
ministerial departments in parliamentary democracies. It is, however, largely unknown why …

Scholarship on separation of powers assumes executives are constrained by legislative
approval when placing agents in top policy-making positions. But presidents frequently fill …

This Research Note explores the political dynamics of bureaucratic turnover. It argues that
changes in a government's policy objectives can shift both political screening strategies and …

This report was prepared for the Administrative Conference of the United States pursuant to
a consultant contract with the Office of the Chairman. While it has been widely circulated for …

The paper examines how politics relates to public sector absenteeism, a chronic and
intractable public service delivery problem in many developing countries. In Punjab …

Presidents become increasingly effective at managing the bureaucracy because of the
information and expertise that they acquire from on‐the‐job experience. In their appointment …

“[An] avalanche of repeated presidential absurdity. The reader realizes that this pattern is not
part of the Trump presidency; it is the whole thing.”—Washington Post “Americans should …

Does ministry type influence profiles in upper-level bureaucracy? To govern, presidents
need to 01. maintain control over the content of public policies, 02. make political …

Recruiting civil servants on the basis of merit is believed to improve the quality of
governance because it increases the bureaucracy's expertise, leads bureaucrats to develop …

A statistical analysis of voting by Supreme Court justices from 1937 to 2014 provides
evidence of a loyalty effect—justices more frequently vote for the government when the …