Untitled Page 1 Page 2 The Politics of Sin Page 3 Bureaucracies, Public Administration, and
Public Policy Kenneth J. Meier Series Editor THE STATE OF PUBLIC BUREAUCRACY Larry B …

We outline and test an empirical model of federal regulatory behavior that reflects the spatial
(ie, interstate) and temporal dimensions of regulation within a federal system. A pooled time …

The bureaucracy in the United States has a hand in almost all aspects of our lives, from the
water we drink to the parts in our cars. For a force so influential and pervasive, however, this …

NLRB (Moe 1982 and 1985), OSHA (Scholz and Wei 1986), and the EEOC (Wood 1990).
Research by a number of scholars suggests that a principal-agent model can also guide …

Drug abuse policy is a promising area to address several key theoretical issues in
comparative state policy analysis. First, drug law enforcement has reasonably good …

This article outlines and tests a spatial model of regulation that contends that federal
regulatory officials fashion enforcement strategies that fit each state's political climate. A …

Much of the scholarship on initiatives emphasizes the link between voting behavior and
initiative election outcomes or the strategies employed during the policy enactment phase …

The success or failure of empires, nation-states, and city-states often rests on the
relationship between bureaucracy and politicians. In this provocative and timely volume …

The last two decades have seen a dramatic growth in the ate of federal regulation,
particularly social regulatory programs, which has only partially been slowed by the Reagan …

This study examines the extent to which state agencies are influenced by the US
Environmental Protection Agency and state political actors in developing and enforcing air …