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- Title
An Assessment of the Positive Theory Of 'Congressional Dominance.
- Authors
Moe, Terry M.
- Abstract
The positive theory of "congressional dominance" argues that Congress controls the bureaucracy. This article offers a critical assessment, in two parts. The first outlines the logical foundation of the theory, suggests why it is unsuited to an analysis of bureaucratic control, and argues that any conclusions of congressional dominance are logically unwarranted. The second addresses in detail the theory's best known empirical application - a study of the FTC, as reported in various articles by Weingast, Calvert, and Moran - and argues that it does not in fact support the theory's claims.
- Subjects
BUREAUCRACY; CONFERENCES &; conventions; POLITICAL planning; POLITICAL conventions; INTERNATIONAL relations; PUBLIC administration; LEGISLATION; POLITICAL participation
- Publication
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1987, Vol 12, Issue 4, p475
- ISSN
0362-9805
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/439745