Bureaucrats, politics, and the environment

Bureaucrats, politics, and the environment / Richard W. Waterman, Amelia A. Rouse, and Robert L. Wright ; with a contribution by Kenneth J. Meier.

"Unseen federal bureaucrats regulate much of daily life in the United States, from the production of the materials in the cars we drive, to the contents of the hot dogs we eat, to the quality of the water we drink. Easy to criticize and difficult to understand, the complicated federal bureaucra...

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Main Author: Waterman, Richard W.
Other Authors: Rouse, Amelia A., Wright, Robert (Robert Lee)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2004.
Series:University of Pittsburgh Digital Editions.
University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections.
Subjects:
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency > Management.
New Mexico. > Environment Department > Management.
New Mexico. > Environment Department
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency
Bureaucracy > United States > Case studies.
Environmental agencies > United States > Case studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Bureaucracy
Environmental agencies
Management
Umweltpolitik
Bürokratie
Umweltverband
United States
USA
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Bureaucracy: Perceptions and Misperceptions
  • Principal-Agent Models: A Theoretical Cul-de-Sac
  • The Nature of Bureaucratic Politics
  • An Examination of the Assumptions of the Principal-Agent Model
  • A Multiple Principal Model of Bureaucratic Politics
  • Bureaucrats' Knowledge of Their Budgets
  • The Myths of the Bureaucracy
  • Appendix: A Brief History of Water Pollution Legislation.

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