AUTHORIZING POLICY (PARLIAMENTS & LEGISLATURES)
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: October 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780814209721
Subjects: Government - U.S. Government; Politics / Current Events; Decision making; Budget process; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Government spending; Government - Legislative Branch; Budget; United States; Committees; Congress
Description: "This book examines how short-term authorizations create periods of policy stability, when implementation can occur, by allowing policies to be reconsidered only when an authorization expires. This simple procedural mechanism allows Congress to state when certain aspects of a law - such as authorizations of appropriations - will expire. By doing this, Congress creates a schedule for when a given policy will be considered and systematically steers the management of public programs by changing the resources and tools available to policy implementers."--BOOK JACKET.