The people's agents and the battle to protect the American public : special interests, government, and threats to health, safety, and the environment
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Rena Steinzor; Sidney A Shapiro
- ناشر : Chicago : University of Chicago Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9780226772028
Description
Diagnosis -- Public interest lost -- The people's agents -- Hollow government -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Institutions -- Congress -- The White House -- The judiciary -- Solutions -- Positive metrics -- Renewing the civil service -- The road forward.
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. This book looks at the tangled web of problems that have led to this dire state of affairs.
