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Riley, Dennis D.

Bureaucracy and the policy process keeping the promises Dennis D. Riley and Bryan E. Brophy-Baermann. - Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield c2006. - xviii, 399 p. 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 EPA.

ISBN: 0742538109 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742538108 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742538117 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742538115 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005016518

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bureaucracy--United States.
Administrative agencies--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: JK 421 / .R518 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 352.6/3/092273