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9780822958291

Bureaucrats, Politics, and the Environment

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  • ISBN13:

    9780822958291

  • ISBN10:

    0822958295

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-02-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

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Summary

An informative case study of how bureaucrats establish and enforce policy and law. By focusing on personnel from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New Mexico Environment DepartmentBureaucrats, Politics, and the Environmentputs a face on bureaucracy and provides an explanation for its actions.

Author Biography

Robert L. Wright is director of social sciences at the College of Santa Fe.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tablesp. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
List of Acronymsp. xiii
Bureaucracy: Perceptions and Misperceptionsp. 1
Principal-Agent Models: A Theoretical Cul-de-Sacp. 19
The Nature of Bureaucratic Politicsp. 43
An Examination of the Assumptions of the Principal-Agent Modelp. 65
A Multiple Principal Model of Bureaucratic Politicsp. 93
Bureaucrats' Knowledge of Their Budgetsp. 112
The Myths of the Bureaucracyp. 126
A Brief History of Water Pollution Legislationp. 139
Notesp. 143
Referencesp. 147
Indexp. 161
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