01048pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245014200059260000900201300001300210362000800223520059000231650003400821650001600855773003100871180718b1995   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHill, Larry B.  aIs American bureaucracy an immobilized Gulliver or a regenerative phoenix? reconsidering the alleged demise of federal bureaucratic power  c1995  ap.322-60  aNov  a"Over the past quarter century, federal bureaucracies have been affected by numerous changes - many of which were designed to restrict bureaucratic autonomy. Several scholars have concluded that bureaucracy's role in the process of governance has been substantially diminished. When the changes are closely inspected, however, most - including the proliferation of political appointees - prove not to be as effective at restraining bureaucracy as often supposed. Also, because many restrictions interact with others, they are not really summative; sometimes they cancel each other out"  aCivil service - United States  aBureaucracy  aAdministration and Society