Steven J. (George Washington University, USA) Balla & William T. (Georgetown University, USA) Gormley 
Bureaucracy and Democracy : Accountability and Performance [PDF ebook] 
Accountability and Performance

Given the influence of public bureaucracies in policymaking and implementation, Steven J. Balla and William T. Gormley assess their performance using four key perspectives—bounded rationality, principal-agent theory, interest group mobilization, and network theory—to help students develop an analytic framework for evaluating bureaucratic accountability. The new Fourth Edition provides a thorough review of bureaucracy during the Obama and Trump administrations, as well as new attention to state and local level examples and the role of bureaucratic values.