Thomas J Anton
Biographic Data
| ID | 126546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas J Anton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas J |
| FAMILY NAME | Anton |
| SIGNATURE | ANTON T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Federalism and Public Policy
Social Science and Social Policy
Economic Development, Employment and Training Policy and Federalism
There are widespread misperceptions about the way in which American federalism has worked in the past and is working now. One is the belief that since the 1930s, the federal government has engaged in many new activities. Another misperception is that liberals support centralization and conservatives, decentralization. Actually, most Americans tend to be pragmatic. The vitality of this American pragmatism is seen in state economic development poli…
Governmental Responses to Budget Scarcity
Decay and Reconstruction In the Study of American Intergovernmental Relations
Current criticism of the performance of American governments is often organized around an emergent theory of intergovernmental decay, which contains propositions about government size, accountability, control, capacity and achievement among its central assertions. Recent evidence of American governmental performance is used to appraise the decay theory, leading to the conclusion that the evidence offers little support for its major assertions. An…
Governing Greater Stockholm
The Imagery of Policy Analysis
Bureaucrats in politics
In political systems composed of large and growing public bureaucracies, the attitudes of senior civil servants are extraordinarily significant, if little understood. This paper offers a preliminary view of the attitudes of more than 300 top‐level Swedish administrators, based upon information gathered in 1971. Responses to 35 written questionnaire items suggest that upper‐level Swedish bureaucrats are self‐satisfied in evaluating their activitie…
Three Models of Community Development in the United States
Journal Article THREE MODELS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES Get access Thomas J. Anton Thomas J. Anton University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1971, Pages 11–37, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037834 Published: 01 January 1971
Incrementalism in Utopia
"Administration "Blowin' in the Wind
Policy‐Making and Political Culture in Sweden
Fiscal Outputs
Behavioral Approaches to Public Administration
Local Government and Politics in Uganda. Fred G. Burke
The Decision-Makers
Policy‐Making and Political Culture in Sweden
Bureaucrats in politics
In political systems composed of large and growing public bureaucracies, the attitudes of senior civil servants are extraordinarily significant, if little understood. This paper offers a preliminary view of the attitudes of more than 300 top‐level Swedish administrators, based upon information gathered in 1971. Responses to 35 written questionnaire items suggest that upper‐level Swedish bureaucrats are self‐satisfied in evaluating their activitie…
Decay and Reconstruction In the Study of American Intergovernmental Relations
Current criticism of the performance of American governments is often organized around an emergent theory of intergovernmental decay, which contains propositions about government size, accountability, control, capacity and achievement among its central assertions. Recent evidence of American governmental performance is used to appraise the decay theory, leading to the conclusion that the evidence offers little support for its major assertions. An…
The Imagery of Policy Analysis
Three Models of Community Development in the United States
Journal Article THREE MODELS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES Get access Thomas J. Anton Thomas J. Anton University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1971, Pages 11–37, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037834 Published: 01 January 1971
The Decision-Makers
Local Government and Politics in Uganda. Fred G. Burke
Behavioral Approaches to Public Administration
Fiscal Outputs
Incrementalism in Utopia
"Administration "Blowin' in the Wind
Policy‐Making and Political Culture in Sweden
Three Models of Community Development in the United States
Journal Article THREE MODELS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES Get access Thomas J. Anton Thomas J. Anton University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1971, Pages 11–37, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037834 Published: 01 January 1971
Bureaucrats in politics
In political systems composed of large and growing public bureaucracies, the attitudes of senior civil servants are extraordinarily significant, if little understood. This paper offers a preliminary view of the attitudes of more than 300 top‐level Swedish administrators, based upon information gathered in 1971. Responses to 35 written questionnaire items suggest that upper‐level Swedish bureaucrats are self‐satisfied in evaluating their activitie…
The Imagery of Policy Analysis
Governing Greater Stockholm
Governmental Responses to Budget Scarcity
Decay and Reconstruction In the Study of American Intergovernmental Relations
Current criticism of the performance of American governments is often organized around an emergent theory of intergovernmental decay, which contains propositions about government size, accountability, control, capacity and achievement among its central assertions. Recent evidence of American governmental performance is used to appraise the decay theory, leading to the conclusion that the evidence offers little support for its major assertions. An…
Economic Development, Employment and Training Policy and Federalism
There are widespread misperceptions about the way in which American federalism has worked in the past and is working now. One is the belief that since the 1930s, the federal government has engaged in many new activities. Another misperception is that liberals support centralization and conservatives, decentralization. Actually, most Americans tend to be pragmatic. The vitality of this American pragmatism is seen in state economic development poli…
Social Science and Social Policy
Federalism and Public Policy
Political science (14 works) · Law (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economics (4 works)