RUNAWAY BUREAUCRACY AND CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT: WHY REFORMS FAIL |
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| Authors: | Randall L Calvert Barry R Weingast |
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| Institution: | RANDALL L. CALVERT is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Washington University. He research interests are in the areas of legislative politics and public opinion.;BARRY R. WEINGAST is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Washington University and Research Associate at the Center for the Study of American Business. |
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| Abstract: | Attempts to reign-in runaway regulatory bureaucracy fail because the bureaucracy has all the important resources. The bureaucracy also holds the upper hand in policy-making because Congress has neither the time nor inclination to effect legislative control and oversight. The authors examine the travails of the Federal Trade Commission during the 1970s to show the blurred distinction between bureaucratic autonomy and legislative control. |
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