Deliberate Discretion? - The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy

Klappentext This book explains the different approaches legislators use when they write laws. Zusammenfassung Legislators sometimes write detailed laws that spell out exactly what policies should look like. At other times! however! they write vague laws that allow bureaucrats to make policy. The authors explain why legislators take these different approaches! using labor laws across countries and health policy laws across the US states. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Laws, bureaucratic autonomy and the comparative study of delegation; 2. Rational delegation or helpless abdication? The relationship between bureaucrats and politicians; 3. Statutes as blueprints for policy making processes; 4. A comparative theory of legislative discretion and the policy making process; 5. Legislation, agency policy making and Medicaid in Michigan; 6. The design of laws across separation of powers systems; 7. The design of laws across parliamentary systems; 8. Laws, institutions, and policy making processes.

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• Autori: John D. Huber, John D. Shipan Huber, Charles R. Shipan
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.09.2002
• EAN: 9780521520706
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52070-6
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Comparati
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva