Rulemaking : How Government Agencies Write Law and Make Policy - Softcover

C. M. Kerwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568024185 ISBN 13: 9781568024189

Publisher: Cq Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Rulemaking may be unfamiliar to most but it is a vital area of lawmaking. Kerwin uses examples, such as the EPA's implementation of the Clean Air Act, to illustrate this important stage in the policymaking process, including basic rulemaking procedures and judicial consideration of rules.

About this title

About the Author

Cornelius M. Kerwin is currently the president of American University and a professor of public adminstration in American University's School of Public Affairs. Dr. Kerwin served as the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) for the 1998-1999 term. Additionally, he worked as a consultant for several organizations, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Scott R. Furlong is professor of political science and public affairs at the University of WisconsinGreen Bay. His areas of expertise are regulatory policy and interest group participation in the executive branch. Furlong has published articles in a number of journals including Public Administration Review, The Journal of Public Administration, Research and Theory, Administrative Studies Quarterly and Policy Studies Journal. He has been teaching the public policy course for over twelve years.

Review

The strengths of Rulemaking are the comprehensive foundations and history of the rulemaking process, the engaging writing style, and the discussions of issues of management surrounding rulemaking. The authors give a balanced approach, and in fact, they do an excellent job of maintaining objectivity especially in discussions of congressional and presidential participation in rulemaking. In general, the book provides a good balance between description, example, and analysis in each chapter and it does a wonderful job of providing an overview of the impact of rulemaking on the policy process. --Kay Hofer, Texas State University at San Marcos

Rulemaking is the ideal single-source treatment of a complicated subject. Through readable prose and interesting examples, Kerwin and Furlong manage to highlight all of the relevant procedural and political facets of administrative lawmaking; they convey the nuances and practicalities of how rulemakers interact with their overseers in the political and judicial branches. Their discussion of overarching theory and current empirical research manages to be sophisticated without being stuffy. Whether used in its entirety as I have done for thousands of students in regulatory politics courses or more selectively, the professor can be sure that students will be well served! --Glenn Smith, University of California, San Diego

Rulemaking is the ideal single-source treatment of a complicated subject. Through readable prose and interesting examples, Kerwin and Furlong manage to highlight all of the relevant procedural and political facets of administrative lawmaking; they convey the nuances and practicalities of how rulemakers interact with their overseers in the political and judicial branches. Their discussion of overarching theory and current empirical research manages to be sophisticated without being stuffy. Whether used in its entirety as I have done for thousands of students in regulatory politics courses or more selectively, the professor can be sure that students will be well served! --Glenn Smith, University of California, San Diego

Edition details

• Publisher: Cq Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568024185
• ISBN 13: 9781568024189
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 294