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Scholars have identified two competing implications of bureaucratic drift. Some believe that delegation is a necessary part of the American government,[1]  and that bureaucratic drift is a risk that must be weighed when delegating implementation powers. Other scholars believe that delegation of power to bureaucracy is both unconstitutional and happens too frequently.[2]  [3][4]  Further, the risk posed by bureaucratic drift is disruptive enough to American politics that delegation must be reconsidered.[5] [6]







Bureaucratic Drift is a theory in political science that explains how policy enactment delegated to bureaucracy deviates from its original mandate.

Overview

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Legislation is produced by elected officials, but is implemented by unelected bureaucrats, who sometimes act under their own preferences or interests.[7][8][9] The difference between a bureaucracy's enactment of a law and the legislature's intent is called Bureaucratic Drift.[10][11] It is often treated as a principal-agent problem, with the House, Senate and Presidency acting as principals and bureaucracy acting as the agent. The government seeks to control bureaucratic drift in a number of ways, including Congressional Oversight and procedural controls.[12][13][14][15] Bureaucratic drift is sometimes contrasted with Coalition drift, where elected officials limit their own authority over an agency to safeguard against potential changes in coalition (i.e. the House, Senate and Presidency) preferences in the future.[16][17][18]

Bureaucratic drift is described by public choice theory, sometimes by means of spatial modeling.[19][20]

There is debate within this theory as to the cause and solutions to bureaucratic drift, and even to the theory's validity. Some believe that bureaucracy's distance from public preference actually has a beneficial effect upon the legislative body that created it.[21]

References

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  1. ^ Hamilton, Marci A. “Power, Responsibility, and Republican Democracy.” Michigan Law Review 93.6 (1995): 1539–1558. Web. 21 Apr. 2013.
  2. ^ Schoenbrod, David. “Politics and the Principle That Elected Legislators Should Make the Laws.” Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 26.1 (2003): 239. Print.
  3. ^ Schoenbrod, David. “Rule of law: It’s time Congress took back its power to make laws.” Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition 6 Dec. 1995 : A21. Print.
  4. ^ DOES CONGRESS DELEGATE TOO MUCH POWER TO AGENCIES AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT? US Congress, 2000.
  5. ^ Bergin, Amee. “DOES APPLICATION OF THE APA’S ‘COMMITTED TO AGENCY DISCRETION’ EXCEPTION VIOLATE THE NONDELEGATION DOCTRINE?” Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 28.2-3 (2001): 363–398. Print.
  6. ^ Schoenbrod, David. Power Without Responsibility: How Congress Abuses the People Through Delegation. Yale University Press, 2008. Print.
  7. ^ McCubbins, Mathew D., Roger G. Noll, and Barry R. Weingast. “Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control.” Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 3, no. 2 (October 1, 1987): 243–277.
  8. ^ Shepsle, Kenneth A. “Bureaucratic Drift, Coalitional Drift, and Time Consistency: A Comment on Macey.” Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 8, no. 1 (March 1, 1992): 111–118.
  9. ^ Macey, Jonathan R. “Organizational Design and Political Control of Administrative Agencies.” Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 8, no. 1 (March 1, 1992): 93–110.
  10. ^ Carlton, Dennis, and Randal Picker. Antitrust and Regulation. SSRN Scholarly Paper. Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network, October 13, 2006. http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=937020.
  11. ^ Kam, Christopher. “Not Just Parliamentary ‘Cowboys and Indians’: Ministerial Responsibility.” Governance 13, no. 3 (July 2000): 365.
  12. ^ McCubbins, Mathew D., Roger G. Noll, and Barry R. Weingast. “Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control.” Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 3, no. 2 (October 1, 1987): 243–277.
  13. ^ Macey, Jonathan R. “Organizational Design and Political Control of Administrative Agencies.” Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 8, no. 1 (March 1, 1992): 93–110.
  14. ^ Horn, Murray J., and Kenneth A. Shepsle. “Commentary on ‘Administrative Arrangements and the Political Control of Agencies’: Administrative Process and Organizational Form as Legislative Responses to Agency Costs.” Virginia Law Review 75, no. 2 (March 1, 1989): 499–508.
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  16. ^ Macey, Jonathan R. “Organizational Design and Political Control of Administrative Agencies.” Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 8, no. 1 (March 1, 1992): 93–110.
  17. ^ Shepsle, Kenneth A. “Bureaucratic Drift, Coalitional Drift, and Time Consistency: A Comment on Macey.” Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 8, no. 1 (March 1, 1992): 111–118.
  18. ^ Epstein, David, and Sharyn O’Halloran. “Administrative Procedures, Information, and Agency Discretion.” American Journal of Political Science 38, no. 3 (August 1, 1994): 697–722.
  19. ^ Bertelli, Anthony M., and Sven E. Feldmann. “Structural Reform Litigation Remedial Bargaining and Bureaucratic Drift.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 18, no. 2 (April 1, 2006): 159–183.
  20. ^ Kam, Christopher. “Not Just Parliamentary ‘Cowboys and Indians’: Ministerial Responsibility.” Governance 13, no. 3 (July 2000): 365.
  21. ^ Stephenson, Matthew C. “Optimal Political Control of the Bureaucracy.” Michigan Law Review 107, no. 1 (October 2008): 53–110.
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