The tension between a president's desire to enforce policies in a particular way and a bureaucrat's preferences to enforce policies otherwise creates a ____________________ for the president.

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The tension described in the question is an example of the principal-agent problem, which occurs when a principal (in this case, the president) delegates authority to an agent (the bureaucrat) to carry out a task, but the agent has different preferences or incentives than the principal. This often results in the agent pursuing their own interests rather than the principal's.

The Tension Between a President's Desire to Enforce Policies in a Particular