Enforcing the Law

Case of the Clean Water Acts
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-1-56324-682-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

This text provides an analysis of the EPA enforcement of the Clean Water Act and its amendments. The book uses extensive EPA data, including a survey of the EPA and state level environmental officials, to examine enforcement from the perspective of the enforcement personnel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunter, Susan

Waterman, Richard W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Water-Quality Problem: A Study in Diversity; Chapter 2 The Institutional Setting; Chapter 3 Pragmatic Enforcement; Chapter 4 Bureaucrats and Attitudes: The Seeds of Discretion, Amelia Rouse, Robert Wright; Chapter 5 Bureaucratic Discretion and Hierarchical Political Control, Susan Hunter, Richard W. Waterman, Robert Wright; Chapter 6 Enforcement at the State Level; Chapter 7 Explaining Variations in NPDES Enforcement; Chapter 8 Water Outcomes: The Neglected Arena; Chapter 9 Conclusions and Recommendations;

Über Autor(innen)

Hunter, Susan; Waterman, Richard W.