Deliberate Discretion?: The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Series)

by Charles R. Shipan and John D. Huber

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The laws that legislatures adopt provide a crucial opportunity for elected politicians to define public policy. But the ways politicians use laws to shape policy vary considerably across polities. In some cases, legislatures adopt detailed and specific laws in an effort to micromanage policymaking processes. In others, they adopt general and vague laws that leave the executive and bureaucrats substantial discretion to fill in the policy details. What...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521520703

ISBN13:9780521520706

Release Date:September 2002

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.98 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Business & Investing Comparative Politics Democracy Economics Government Ideologies & Doctrines Legal Theory & Systems Non-US Legal Systems Political Ideologies Political Science

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