Autore: Joel D. Aberbach

Congressional oversight activity has increased dramatically since the early 1970s. Congressional committees now spend more of their time holding hearings to review the activities of federal agencies, …

Most people think of governmental bureaucracy as a dull subject. Yet for thirty years the American federal executive has been awash in political controversy. From George Wallace’s attacks on …

Crisis of Conservatism? assesses the status of American conservatism–its politics, its allies in the Republican Party, and the struggle for the soul of the conservative movement. The book’s …

Crisis of Conservatism? assesses the status of American conservatism–its politics, its allies in the Republican Party, and the struggle for the soul of the conservative movement. The book’s …

Contemporary American conservatism – a melange of ideas, people, and organizations – is difficult to define; even conservatives themselves are unable to agree about its essential meaning. Yet the …

Contemporary American conservatism – a melange of ideas, people, and organizations – is difficult to define; even conservatives themselves are unable to agree about its essential meaning. Yet the …

In uneasy partnership at the helm of the modern state stand elected party politicians and professional bureaucrats. This book is the first comprehensive comparison of these two powerful elites. In …