Paul Light explains that Congress and the presidency have never decided whether they trust government and its employees to do their jobs well and so they have moved back and forth over the decades between four reform philosophies: scientific management war on waste watchful eye and liberation management. These four philosophies argues Light operate with different goals implementation strategies and impacts. Yet reform initiatives draw on one or another of them almost at random often canceling out the potential benefits of a particular statute by passing a contradictory statute soon afterward. Light shows that as the public has become increasingly distrustful of government the reform agenda has favored the war on waste and watchful eye. He analyzes the consequences of these changes for the overall performance of government and offers policy recommendations for future reform approaches.

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Paul C. Light is director of the Public Policy Program at the Pew Charitable Trusts and professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute.

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