Author: MOFFITT, SUSAN L.
Title: Making Policy Public : Participatory Bureaucracy in American Democracy
Description: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. First Edition; First Edition. Original Boards. ISBN: 1107065224. 266 pages. Stamped damaged on verso title page. Otherwise light shelfwear only and in as new condition. ; Hardcover; Octavo; This book challenges the conventional wisdom that government bureaucrats inevitably seek secrecy and demonstrates how and when participatory bureaucracy manages the enduring tension between bureaucratic administration and democratic accountability. Looking closely at federal level public participation in pharmaceutical regulation and educational assessments within the context of the vast system of American federal advisory committees, this book demonstrates that participatory bureaucracy supports bureaucratic administration in ways consistent with democratic accountability when it focuses on complex tasks and engages diverse expertise. In these conditions, public participation can help produce better policy outcomes, such as safer prescription drugs. Instead of bureaucracy's opposite or alternative, public participation can work as its complement.. As New with no dust jacket .
Keywords: 1107065224 Politics Particpatory Usa America
Title: Making Policy Public : Participatory Bureaucracy in American Democracy
Description: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. First Edition; First Edition. Original Boards. ISBN: 1107065224. 266 pages. Stamped damaged on verso title page. Otherwise light shelfwear only and in as new condition. ; Hardcover; Octavo; This book challenges the conventional wisdom that government bureaucrats inevitably seek secrecy and demonstrates how and when participatory bureaucracy manages the enduring tension between bureaucratic administration and democratic accountability. Looking closely at federal level public participation in pharmaceutical regulation and educational assessments within the context of the vast system of American federal advisory committees, this book demonstrates that participatory bureaucracy supports bureaucratic administration in ways consistent with democratic accountability when it focuses on complex tasks and engages diverse expertise. In these conditions, public participation can help produce better policy outcomes, such as safer prescription drugs. Instead of bureaucracy's opposite or alternative, public participation can work as its complement.. As New with no dust jacket .
Keywords: 1107065224 Politics Particpatory Usa America
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- Book number: 21263
- Book number: 21263