Riley, Dennis D. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0742538109 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742538108 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742538117 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742538115 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005016518 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bureaucracy--United States.<br/>Administrative agencies--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK 421  / .R518 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>352.6/3/092273