Government by investigation
Light, Paul Charles,
Government by investigation Congress, presidents, and the search for answers, 1945-2012 / [electronic resource] : Paul C. Light. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013 Washington, District of Columbia : Brookings Institution Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 316 pages))
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-301) and index.
Acknowledgments -- 1. Introducing the search for answers -- 2. Counting investigations -- 3. Creating footprints -- 4. Making investigations count -- 5. Creating high-impact investigations -- Appendixes. A. Interview respondents -- B. Sources -- C. Investigaion resumes, 1945-2012 -- D. Supporting statistical analysis -- Notes -- Index..
Paul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations at the core of this book were driven by the search for answers about significant breakdowns in government performance. Light reveals which investigations were most effective, and why.
9780815722694 0815722699
Governmental investigations--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JF1525.C58 / L54 2014
353.4/630973
Government by investigation Congress, presidents, and the search for answers, 1945-2012 / [electronic resource] : Paul C. Light. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013 Washington, District of Columbia : Brookings Institution Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 316 pages))
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-301) and index.
Acknowledgments -- 1. Introducing the search for answers -- 2. Counting investigations -- 3. Creating footprints -- 4. Making investigations count -- 5. Creating high-impact investigations -- Appendixes. A. Interview respondents -- B. Sources -- C. Investigaion resumes, 1945-2012 -- D. Supporting statistical analysis -- Notes -- Index..
Paul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations at the core of this book were driven by the search for answers about significant breakdowns in government performance. Light reveals which investigations were most effective, and why.
9780815722694 0815722699
Governmental investigations--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JF1525.C58 / L54 2014
353.4/630973