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Bureaucracy and the policy process : keeping the promises /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riley, Dennis D.
Other Authors: Brophy-Baermann, Bryan E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2006]
Subjects:
Bureaucracy > United States.
Administrative agencies > United States.
United States > Politics and government.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Promises, promises : the why and how of bureaucracy
  • The individual bureaucrat : somebody has to do all that work
  • Structure : we've got to get organized
  • Some agencies are more powerful than others : expertise, politics, and agency power
  • Bureaucracy and the presidency : hail to the chief (sort of)
  • Bureaucracy and the Congress : the committees you shall always have with you--unless they end up being against you
  • Bureaucracy and the public : supporters, critics, and hey, where's the rest of us?
  • Bureaucracy and the law : sworn to uphold
  • Bureaucracy and the courts : judicial review of agency action
  • The Environmental Protection Agency : our better angels or promise breakers.