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Curing the Mischiefs of Faction in the American Administrative State.
- Source :
- American Review of Public Administration; Jan2016, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p3-27, 25p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The worries American citizens express about the distorting influence of minority factions, or special interests, on public governance are as old as the republic. I briefly recount the constitutional design flaws and developmental changes that have combined to make these worries more valid than ever in an age of administratively centered governance. I then review the evidence on the nature and extent of special interest influence on the administrative process from a broad swath of scholarship. After noting the limited efficacy of attempts to limit special interest influence via minor tinkering with the separation of powers, I argue for more fundamental structural change in the form of administration as a separate, constitutionally recognized element of the separation of powers. I outline basic structural features and offer hypothetical yet plausible consequences of such a design change. The latter, I contend, are amenable to confirmation or refutation through systematic analysis of evidence that is already available from past and current governing experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02750740
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Review of Public Administration
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 111379068
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074015612160