Political Party Incentive Systems and Public Bureaucracies
FAIN: FB-12990-76
Gerald M. Benjamin
SUNY Research Foundation, Albany (Albany, NY 12222-0001)
To determine if the political party as a mediating institution is a reinforcing or dysfunctional force for the chief executive in his management role as state governor. An index of gubernatorial patronage power will be developed from a review of state personnel systems and comparative materials available from the council of State Government;