This is an extra credit assignment that may help improve your grade in the course (but you will have to work for it). To earn this extra credit, I expect you to submit a brief 5-page double-spaced reaction paper that synthesizes the readings below while addressing the following question:
What explains the behavior of individuals in the federal bureaucracy? Who – if anyone – controls the bureaucracy?
1. Use the information learned from the text about theories regarding work motivation.
2. Weingast and Moran, “Bureaucratic Discretion or Congressional Control? Regulatory Policymaking by the FTC,” Journal of Political Economy (1983) 91:764-800 (FAMU Library Website)
3. Terry Moe, “Assessment of the Positive Theory of Congressional Dominance,” Legislative Studies Quarterly (1987) 12: 475-520 (FAMU Library Website)
4. Mathew McCubbins, Roger Noll, and Barry Weingast, “Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control,” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (1987), Vol. 3, 243-277 (FAMU Library Website)
5. Mathew McCubbins and Thomas Schwartz, “Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols Versus Fire Alarms,” American Journal of Political Science (1984) 28: 165-179 (FAMU Library Website)
6. Kenneth Meier and Lawrence O’Toole, “Political Control Versus Bureaucratic Values,” Public Administration Review, Vol. 66, Issue 2 (March 2006); 177-192 (FAMU Library Website)
7. Andrew Whitford, “The Pursuit of Political Control by Multiple Principals,” Journal of Politics, Vol. 67, No. 1 (February 2005): 29-49. (FAMU Library Website)
Be sure to cite your work appropriately!