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Bureaucracy: the Fourth Branch of Government

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The Government and Politics of the United States

Part of the book series: Comparative Government and Politics ((CGP))

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The United States Constitution provides for three branches of government. This Chapter examines an unmentioned fourth: the Executive Branch’s bureaucracy.

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© 1993 Nigel Bowles

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Bowles, N. (1993). Bureaucracy: the Fourth Branch of Government. In: The Government and Politics of the United States. Comparative Government and Politics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22951-2_8

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