000 | 01750nam a2200241 i 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
020 | _a9781009276085 (ebook) | ||
020 | _a9781009276108 | ||
082 | 0 | 4 | _a320.6 |
100 | 1 | _aKettl, Donald F., | |
245 | 1 | 0 |
_aExperts in government : _bthe deep state from Caligula to Trump and beyond / _cDonald F. Kettl |
264 | 1 |
_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2023 |
|
300 | _a1 online resource (81 pages) | ||
490 | 1 | _aCambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration, | |
500 | _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2023) | ||
520 | _aFrom Caligula and the time of ancient Rome to the present, governments have relied on experts to manage public programs. But with that expertise has come power, and that power has long proven difficult to hold accountable. The tension between experts in the bureaucracy and the policy goals of elected officials, however, remains a point of often bitter tension. President Donald Trump labeled these experts as a 'deep state' seeking to resist the policies he believed he was elected to pursue-and he developed a policy scheme to make it far easier to fire experts he deemed insufficiently loyal. The age-old battles between expertise and accountability have come to a sharp point, and resolving these tensions requires a fresh look at the rule of law to shape the role of experts in governance | ||
650 | 0 | _aGovernment consultants | |
650 | 0 | _aPublic administration | |
650 | 0 | _aSpecialists | |
650 | 0 | _aExpertise | |
856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781009276085/type/ELEMENT |
856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://go.ohiolink.edu/goto?url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781009276085/type/ELEMENT |
942 |
_2lcc _cBK |
||
999 |
_c14197 _d14197 |