The people's agents and the battle to protect the American public: special interests, government, and threats to health, safety, and the environment
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Beteilige Person: Steinzor, Rena (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2010
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Diagnosis. Public interest lost -- The people's agents -- Hollow government -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Institutions. Congress -- The White House -- The judiciary -- Solutions. Positive metrics -- Renewing the civil service -- The road forward
Reasonable people disagree about the reach of the federal government, but there is near-universal consensus that it should protect us from such dangers as bacteria-infested food, harmful drugs, toxic pollution, crumbling bridges, and unsafe toys. And yet, the agencies that shoulder these responsibilities are in shambles; if they continue to decline, lives will be lost and natural resources will be squandered. In this timely book, Rena Steinzor and Sidney Shapiro take a hard look at the tangled web of problems that have led to this dire state of affairs. It turns out that the agencies are not pr
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ISBN:0226772047
9780226772042