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Author Waterman, Richard W.

Title Bureaucrats, politics, and the environment / Richard W. Waterman, Amelia A. Rouse, and Robert L. Wright ; with a contribution by Kenneth J. Meier
Published Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 165 pages)
Series University of Pittsburgh Digital Editions. PPiU
University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections. PPiU
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
Summary "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 bureaucracy is surrounded by contradications and misperceptions. Bureaucrats, Politics, and the Environment is based on in-depth survey research culled from employees at two bureaucratic agencies: the Office of Water of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the New Mexico Environment Department. By examining what these personnel think about politics, the environment, their budgets, and the other institutions and agencies with which they interact, this work illuminates the actions of the bureaucracy and gives it a human face." --Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-160) and index
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Subject United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Management
New Mexico. Environment Department -- Management
SUBJECT New Mexico. Environment Department fast
United States. Environmental Protection Agency fast
Subject 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
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Rouse, Amelia A.
Wright, Robert (Robert Lee)
LC no. 2003015505
ISBN 9780822972518
0822972514