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Ritchie, Melinda N.,

Backdoor lawmaking : evading obstacles in the US Congress / Melinda N. Ritchie. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Backdoor Lawmaking' reveals how members of the US Congress use the federal bureaucracy as a backdoor for policymaking. Lawmakers pressure agencies to make policy changes in order to avoid obstacles in the legislative process. The book uses records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act in qualitative and quantitative analyses to show how members of Congress are incorporating agency regulations into a broader strategy of policymaking that spans branches of government and which lawmakers are most effective at using this approach.

Specialized.

ISBN: 9780197670521 No price

Standard No.: 10.1093/oso/9780197670484.001.0001 doi

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Congress --Rules and practice.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Policy sciences--United States.
Executive-legislative relations--United States.
Administrative agencies--United States.
Legislation--United States.
Government accountability--United States.
Bureaucracy--United States.
Politics and Government.
Politics & government.

LC Class. No.: JK585 / .R57 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 328.34560973