Bureaucracy and the policy process : keeping the promises /
Riley, Dennis D.
Brophy-Baermann, Bryan E.
Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : Rowman & Littlefield,
c2006.
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.
Bureaucracy
Administrative agencies