The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy: The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change Book

	Acknowledgments
1	The "Problem of Bureaucracy"	1
2	Replacing Political Patronage with Merit: The Roles of the President and the Congress in the Origins of the Federal Civil Service System	12
3	The Continuing Political Conflict over Control of Federal Employees and the Requirement for Further Institutional Change	48
4	The Rise of Federal Employees as an Interest Group: The Early Years	76
5	The Maturation of Federal Employees as an Interest Group	96
6	Explaining the Success of Federal Employees as an Interest Group	126
7	The Implications of a Protected Bureaucracy	154
8	The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change in the Political Arena	177
	Appendix A: Appendix to Chapter 2	189
	Appendix B: Appendix to Chapter 3	196
	Appendix C: Appendix to Chapter 5	198
	Appendix D: Appendix to Chapter 6	202
	References	205
	Index	223