Examines the relationships between the federal bureaucracy and the elements of society it is intended to serve. This title assesses the effect congressional committees and subcommittees have on government agencies as well as the influence of clientele groups and professional associations.

This book forces us to realize that many of our controlling influences on federal agencies only serve to reinforce the narrowness and isolation that plagues contemporary bureaucracy, where the general public interest and even competency are sacrificed in the belief that existing agency policies are the only sound and workable policies around. Dennis D. Riley is Professor and Chairman of the Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.