Bureaucratic dynamics
Subtitle: the role of bureaucracy in a democracy
By: B. Dan Wood, Richard W. Waterman.
Contributors: Waterman, Richard W.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Bureaucracy -- United States.; Democracy -- United States.
Description: The authors of this volume seek to dispel two powerful "myths of the bureaucracy" - the belief that the federal bureaucracy is unresponsive to government and the belief that democracy itself is imperiled by an out-of-control bureaucratic process. Wood and Waterman contend that the process is in fact a highly dynamic and democratic one.

Offering readable case studies and well-paired figures and tables (presented in both technical and nontechnical fashion), Bureaucratic Dynamics uses principal-agent theory to explain how the public policy system works.

High-profile cases of eight federal agencies from the EPA to the FDA and discussions of major legislation such as the Clean Air Act help the authors provide a new perspective on the overall bureaucratic process for students and professionals of the bureaucracy, public policy, administration, and government regulation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.