01659nam a2200289Ia 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030010001700071020003600088020003900124020003500163020003800198040001000236050002300246082002300269100002800292245010800320260004600428300002600474504005100500505064000551650003901191650005101230651005101281700003701332281678OCoLC20160527200232.0050609s2006    mdu      b    001 0 eng    a  2005016518  a0742538109 (cloth : alk. paper)  a9780742538108 (cloth : alk. paper)  a0742538117 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a9780742538115 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aPUCPR00aJK 421b.R518 200600a352.6/3/0922732221 aRiley, Dennis D.2Local10aBureaucracy and the policy processbkeeping the promisescDennis D. Riley and Bryan E. Brophy-Baermann.  aLanham, Md.bRowman & Littlefieldcc2006.  axviii, 399 p.c27 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPromises, 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. 0aBureaucracyzUnited States.2Local 0aAdministrative agencieszUnited States.2Local 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government.2Local1 aBrophy-Baermann, Bryan E.2Local