Rena Steinzor and Sidney Shapiro
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226772028
- eISBN:
- 9780226772042
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226772042.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law
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 ...
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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. This book takes 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 primarily to blame and that regulatory failure actually stems from a host of overlooked causes. The book discovers that unrelenting funding cuts, a breakdown of the legislative process, an increase in the number of political appointees, a concurrent loss of experienced personnel, chaotic White House oversight, and ceaseless political attacks on the bureaucracy all have contributed to the broken system. But while the news is troubling, the book also proposes a host of reforms, including a new model for measuring the success of the agencies and a revitalization of the civil service.Less
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. This book takes 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 primarily to blame and that regulatory failure actually stems from a host of overlooked causes. The book discovers that unrelenting funding cuts, a breakdown of the legislative process, an increase in the number of political appointees, a concurrent loss of experienced personnel, chaotic White House oversight, and ceaseless political attacks on the bureaucracy all have contributed to the broken system. But while the news is troubling, the book also proposes a host of reforms, including a new model for measuring the success of the agencies and a revitalization of the civil service.
Hen Wilkinson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781447306863
- eISBN:
- 9781447311546
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447306863.003.0013
- Subject:
- Social Work, Social Policy
This chapter provides an account of the author’s organisation’s work in managing community conflict and the ways in which different methods may be drawn upon to mitigate some of the social tensions ...
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This chapter provides an account of the author’s organisation’s work in managing community conflict and the ways in which different methods may be drawn upon to mitigate some of the social tensions and conflict which arise, especially in the context of funding cuts. A specific focus of this chapter is the variety of publics that the organization works with and the interest in conflict as a ‘route of engagement’.Less
This chapter provides an account of the author’s organisation’s work in managing community conflict and the ways in which different methods may be drawn upon to mitigate some of the social tensions and conflict which arise, especially in the context of funding cuts. A specific focus of this chapter is the variety of publics that the organization works with and the interest in conflict as a ‘route of engagement’.
