TY  - BOOK
AU  - Light,Paul Charles
ED  - Project Muse,
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Government by investigation: Congress, presidents, and the search for answers, 1945-2012 
SN  - 9780815722694
AV  - JF1525.C58 L54 2014
U1  - 353.4/630973 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Baltimore, Maryland
PB  - Project Muse
KW  - Governmental investigations
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1989-
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780815722694/
ER  -