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An Adaptive Model of Bureaucratic Politics

Bendor, Jonathan, Moe, Terry M.·1985·American Political Science Review
DOI 10.2307/1956842
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In this article we outline a new framework for the formal analysis of bureaucratic politics. It departs from standard neoclassical approaches, notably those of Niskanen (1971) and Peltzman (1976), in several important respects. First our approach explicitly models a system of three-way interaction among bureaus, politicians, and interest groups. Second, it allows for institutional features of each type of participant. Third, it is a model of dynamic process. Fourth, participants make choices adoptively rather than optimizing. Fifth, participants are only minimally informed. The result is a dynamic model of adaptive behavior, very much in the spirit of Simon's (1947) behavioral tradition, that offers a new perspective on political control, bureaucratic power, and the “intelligence of democracy.”

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Authors
Bendor, J., & Moe, T. M.
Venue
American Political Science Review
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1985-09
Volume
79
Issue
3
Pages
755-774
ISSN
  • 0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5943
DOI
10.2307/1956842
OpenAlex
W1980118650
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223
References
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38.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
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