{"product_id":"what-motivates-bureaucrats-marissa-martino-golden-9780231106979","title":"What Motivates Bureaucrats?: Politics and Administration During the Reagan Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Every once in a while somebody has to get the bureaucracy by the neck and shake it loose and say, 'Stop doing what you're doing.'\" \u003c\/i\u003e--Ronald Reagan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did senior career civil servants react to Ronald Reagan's attempt to redirect policy and increase presidential control over the bureaucracy? What issues molded their reactions? What motivates civil servants in general? How should they be managed and how do they affect federal policies? To answer these questions, Marissa Martino Golden offers us a glimpse into the world of our federal agencies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Motivates Bureaucrats? \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of a group of upper-level career civil servants in the Reagan administration at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, the Food and Nutrition Service, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The book reveals that most career civil servants were usually responsive to executive direction--even with a president attempting to turn agency policy 180 degrees from its past orientation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy delving deeply into the particular details of Reagan's intervention into the affairs of upper-level career civil servants, Golden also fulfills her broader mission of improving our understanding of bureaucratic behavior in general, explaining why the bureaucracy is controllable and highlighting the limits of that control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marissa Martino Golden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231106971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231106979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2001 pg. 1694","brand":"Marissa Martino Golden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990115418367,"sku":"9780231106979","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fcfea5b-c920-49b9-b66e-dd92f96f53fb.jpg?v=1683303082","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-motivates-bureaucrats-marissa-martino-golden-9780231106979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}