"We're not going to knock the legs out from under economic growth by draining resources from the private sector into the public bureaucracy."

As a political scientist, Moe has written at length on public bureaucracy, the presidency, and political institutions more generally.

We can thus distinguish between the consequences of hierarchy in general and the particular problems facing public bureaucracies.

The result was the creation of large-scale public bureaucracies designed for the efficient regulation of water use.

If this is not done, it is likely that the biggest growth sector will prove to be public bureaucracy.

Finally, the disincentives to innovate are a familiar problem in public bureaucracies.

Finally, there is the secrecy and confidentiality which is so typical of public bureaucracies.

The factors which permit public bureaucracies to engage in politics are variable in their significance as between political systems.

The conflict within public bureaucracies between specialists and generalists is familiar to all students of modern government.

There is much scope for investigations of public bureaucracies in these terms.