Bureaucracy is everywhere. Unelected bureaucrats are a key link between government and
citizens, between policy and implementation. Bureaucratic politics constitutes a growing …

The slow pace of administrative action is arguably a defining characteristic of modern
bureaucracy. The reasons proffered for delay are numerous, often centering on procedural …

The public administration literature has been dominated by questions about how politicians
can control the bureaucracy's application and implementation of laws at the back end of the …

This article advances a novel argument about the policy output of international organizations
(IOs) by highlighting the role of individual staffers. We approach them as purposive actors …

Bureaucratic influence in policymaking is often described as occurring subsequent to the
legislative process and scholars argue that the legislative branch strategically constrains the …

This study combines insights from the policy uncertainty literature and neo-institutional
theory to examine corporate performance in implementing a government-sponsored …

With dozens of mandates, federal agencies have considerable discretion in how they focus
their time and resources. In this article, I explain how presidents influence agency goals …

Despite that independent agencies are typically justified in terms of technical efficiency, they
inevitably have to make political judgments. How can political reasoning be legitimate in …

The US bureaucracy routinely issues major public policy decisions that affect Americans'
lives. Government agency leaders make those decisions based on a subjective …

Scholars of American politics debate the consequences of polarized and divided
government on lawmaking but have largely neglected the impact of institutional conflict on …