Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design: Political Insulation in the United States Government Bureaucracy, 1946-1997 PDF
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Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design: POLITICAL INSULATION IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY, 1946–1997 David E. Lewis STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS and the This page intentionally left blank Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design , ‒ David E. Lewis Stanford,California Stanford University Press Stanford,California © by the Board ofTrustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Printed in the United States of America on acid-free,archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lewis,David E. Presidents and the politics of agency design :political insulation in the United States government bureaucracy,‒/ David E.Lewis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ---(hardcover :alk.paper)— ---(pbk.:alk.paper) . Administrative agencies—United States. . Bureaucracy— United States. . Presidents—United States. . United States— Politics and government—‒. . United States—Politics and government—‒ I. Title. . .''—dc Original Printing Last figure below indicates year of this printing: Designed by James P.Brommer Typeset in by Heather Boone in ./.Caslon For G-ma and G-pa This page intentionally left blank Contents List ofFigures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction Agency Design in American Politics Separation of Powers and the Design of Administrative Agencies Moving from Insulation in Theory to Insulation in Reality Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design Testing the Role of Presidents:Presidential Administrative Influence Testing the Role of Presidents:Presidential Administrative and Legislative Influence Political Insulation and Policy Durability Conclusion What the Politics of Agency Design Tells Us About American Politics Appendix A:Administrative Agency Insulation Data Set Appendix B:Administrative Agency Insulation Data Set Event File Appendix C:Agency Data and the Possibility ofSample Selection Bias in Model Estimates Notes Bibliography Index This page intentionally left blank Figures and Tables . Three Sets of Research Questions . Impact of Majority Size on the Probability of Insulation . Impact of Presidential Durability on the Probability of Insulation . Number of Agencies Created by Legislation . Agency Location Measure . Number of Legislatively Created Agencies with Different ‒ Characteristics of Insulation, . Percentage of New Agencies Created by Legislation with ‒ Insulating Characteristics, . Impact of Majority Size on the Probability of New Agencies ‒ Having Insulating Characteristics, . Impact of Length of Time in Majority on the Probability of ‒ New Agencies Having Insulating Characteristics, . Impact of Presidential Approval Rating on the Probability of ‒ New Agencies Having Insulating Characteristics, ‒ . Agencies Created by Executive Action, ‒ . Number of Agencies Created by Executive Action, . Impact of Presidential Approval Ratings on the Probability of Fixed Terms During Periods of Divided Government . Impact of Presidential Approval Ratings on Probability of Insulation During Periods of Divided Government . K-M Estimates of Survivor Function by Location . K-M Estimates of Survivor Function by Types of Insulation C. Hypothesized Effect of Sample Selection in Agency Data ix
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