主讲人：David Lewis  教授

     William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University

     Associate Chair and Co-Director for the Study of Democratic Institutions at Vanderbilt

     Author of Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design (Stanford) and The Politics of Presidential Appointments: Political Control and Bureaucratic Performance (Princeton).

     Winner of the Herbert A. Simon Best Book Award and Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award.

   时间：2015年4月24日15:00-17:00

   地点：明德法学楼725会议室

   主讲人简介：

       David Lewis is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. He currently serves as Associate Chair and co-director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions at Vanderbilt. His research interests include the presidency, executive branch politics and public administration. He is the author of two books and numerous articles and book chapters on American politics, public administration and management. His first book Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design (Stanford University Press, 2003) examines why elected officials design agencies to be insulated from political influence. His second book, The Politics of Presidential Appointments: Political Control and Bureaucratic Performance (Princeton University Press, 2008), analyzes the causes and consequences of presidential politicization of the executive branch. This book received the Herbert A. Simon Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association’s Public Administration Section and the Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association’s Presidency Research Section.

    讲座摘要：

        The administrative state is increasingly the nexus of policymaking in the United States national government. The increasing importance of this form of policymaking has led politicians to develop new techniques to control the bureaucracy. Efforts at political control, however, can have unexpected effects on the motivation and career choices of civil servants in the bureaucracy, influencing performance.

文章来源：明德公法网 发布时间：2015/4/3