The SEC and Capital Market Regulation: The Politics of Expertise

by Anne M. Khademian

Book Overview

Anne M. Khademian addresses the significance of the SEC for securities policy and uses the agency as a model for the study of bureaucracy and bureaucratic theory. She examines the interaction of bureaucrats, politicians and the White House, and connects early debates in the field of public administration with the contemporary arguments of rational choice scholars concerning independence.The classic tension within U.S. federal agencies is between the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822985462
• ISBN13: 9780822985464
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"