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Are partnerships the solution?: Exploring the constraints of the U.S. environmental regulatory system.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Are partnerships the solution?: Exploring the constraints of the U.S. environmental regulatory system.
Author:	Bhan, Manjyot.
Description:	254 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-02(E), Section: A.
Notes:	Adviser: Daniel J. Fiorino.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International77-02A(E).
Subject:	Public policy.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3728925
ISBN:	9781339146539

Are partnerships the solution?: Exploring the constraints of the U.S. environmental regulatory system.
Bhan, Manjyot.

Are partnerships the solution?: Exploring the constraints of the U.S. environmental regulatory system. - 254 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-02(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--American University, 2015.

Traditionally, regulation of the environment has been predominantly under the purview of the public sector. Through watershed environmental laws of the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Toxic Substances Control Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)---with delegation of responsibilities to the states for enforcement---effectively regulated most single-media environmental problems such as industrial air pollution, point- source water pollution (Fiorino 2006; Kraft 2004). These statutes were primarily based on the "rules-and-deterrence" approach. However, the old paradigm has not evolved with the changing second-and third-generation "wicked" policy problems (such as climate change, biodiversity loss). This research argues that the failure of U.S. environmental regulations to adapt to the changing problems along with the political gridlock has constrained EPA's ability to effectively address 21st century problems. The study proposes that in order to overcome the managerial, legal, and political constraints, the EPA officials seek partnerships. The study offers a conceptual framework that categorizes these constraints into (i) administrative rationalism (ii) adversarial legalism (iii) limits on agency autonomy. By analyzing three EPA-led partnerships using a conceptual framework of constraints, the study answer the following questions (i) what motivates agency officials' to seek partnerships (ii) to what extent do partnerships meet the agency officials' expectations. Only the first two categories of constraints are studied empirically. The third category is offered as an area for future empirical research.

ISBN: 9781339146539Subjects--Topical Terms:

280699
Public policy.

Are partnerships the solution?: Exploring the constraints of the U.S. environmental regulatory system.
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