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02583aam a2200445 i 4500 001 06A3BD36F70611E582760BA0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160331010051 008 140422t20142014nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014014934 020 $a 1107665973 (paperback) 020 $a 9781107665972 (paperback) 020 $a 1107065224 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107065222 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)897842463 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c STF $d YUS $d PUL $d OCLCF $d NhCcYME $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK468.P64 $b M64 2014 050 00 $a JK468.P64 $b M64 2014 084 $a POL040000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Moffitt, Susan L., $e author. 245 10 $a Making policy public : $b participatory bureaucracy in American democracy / $c Susan L. Moffitt (Brown University) 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a xviii, 266 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-257) and index. 520 $a "This book challenges the conventional wisdom that government bureaucrats inevitably seek secrecy and demonstrates how and when participatory bureaucracy manages the enduring tension between bureaucratic administration and democratic accountability. Looking closely at federal level public participation in pharmaceutical regulation and educational assessments within the context of the vast system of American federal advisory committees, this book demonstrates that participatory bureaucracy supports bureaucratic administration in ways consistent with democratic accountability when it focuses on complex tasks and engages diverse expertise. In these conditions, public participation can help produce better policy outcomes, such as safer prescription drugs. Instead of bureaucracy's opposite or alternative, public participation can work as its complement"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Political planning $z United States. 650 0 $a Bureaucracy $z United States. 650 0 $a Administrative agencies $z United States. 650 0 $a Citizens' advisory committees $z United States. 650 0 $a Government accountability $z United States. 650 0 $a Transparency in government $z United States. 650 0 $a Education and state $z United States. 650 0 $a Pharmaceutical policy $z United States. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706012506.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217015834.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20160331011634.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=06A3BD36F70611E582760BA0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search