Policies Without Politicians: Bureaucratic Influence in Comparative Perspective

by Edward C. Page

Have bureaucrats taken over the decision making role of politicians? This book offers a direct assessment of the role of bureaucrats in policy making by analysing how they shape policy in making decrees - laws that generally do not pass through full legislative scrutiny. These are often described as "secondary legislation" and are known by a variety of names (including decrets, arretes, administrative regulations, Verordnungen, statutory instruments)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199645132
• ISBN13: 9780199645138
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"