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System Development in the Federal Government: How Technology Influences Outcomes
Author(s) -
Klein Hans K.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2000.tb02032.x
Subject(s) - administration (probate law) , politics , government (linguistics) , public administration , space (punctuation) , political science , business , public relations , computer science , law , philosophy , linguistics , operating system
Institutional analyses of federal programs to develop large technical systems explain outcomes in terms of a conflict between coalitional politics and program administration. Such analyses gain precision when they take into account how the technical system being developed mediates the conflict of politics and administration. Attention to technology helps explain the different outcomes of three federal programs: the superconducting supercollider, the space shuttle, and intelligent transportation systems.