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Regulation, Organizations, and Politics examines the evolution of regulation at the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). The ICC has probably had the most profound impact of any federal agency on the way social scientists view politics. From a perspective based in modern political economy, the author develops an analysis that improves our understanding of the determinants of bureaucratic performance and clarifies the conditions under which organizations are likely to have a substantial influence. Employing a variety of techniques, Regulation, Organizations, and Politics explains how motor carriers, particularly the larger truckers who controlled the American Trucking Association, were unable to control public policy once the chief executive decided to expend substantial political resources on reforming the motor carrier system. The author shows that this failure was rooted in the carriers' inability to offer the requisite rewards and sanctions required to influence those with power over the outcome. This work thus demonstrates that an integrated approach to the interactions of rational, if often incompletely informed, actors can help us to understand phenomena that seem puzzling at first consideration.
| ISBN | 0472104438 | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | ISBN13 | 9780472104437
(What's this?) | | Pages | 328 | | Publisher | The University of Michigan Press | | Volumes | 001 | | Imprint | The University of Michigan Press | | Weight (grammes) | 720 | | Format | Hardback | | Published in | Ann Arbor, MI | | Publication date | 30 Sep 1994 | | Height (mm) | 152 | | Library of Congress | KF2265.R68 | | Width (mm) | 229 | | DEWEY | 388.3440973 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Acronyms | | | | Pt. 1 | | Theory | | | | | | Introduction: Explaining Regulation | | 3 | | Ch. 1 | | The Political Economy of Regulation | | 9 | | Pt. 2 | | History | | | | Ch. 2 | | Establishing a Baseline: The Origins of Trucking Regulation | | 39 | | Pt. 3 | | Policy Implementation: The Macrolevel | | | | Ch. 3 | | The Big Picture: The Evolution of ICC Motor Freight Policy | | 61 | | Pt. 4 | | Policy Implementation: The Microlevel | | | | | | Introduction: Microlevel Implementation - Variance across Policy Domains | | 117 | | Ch. 4 | | Motor Carrier Entry: Beyond Capture | | 121 | | Ch. 5 | | The Politics of Business and Labor: Merger Policy | | 163 | | Ch. 6 | | Motor Freight Pricing: Regulators as Arbitrators | | 191 | | Pt. 5 | | Deregulation | | | | Ch. 7 | | The Limits of Interest Group Influence: Deregulation of the Trucking Industry | | 211 | | Pt. 6 | | Conclusions | | | | Ch. 8 | | Regulation, Organizations, and Politics | | 247 | | | | Glossary | | 261 | | | | Bibliographical Note | | 267 | | | | References | | 269 | | | | Name Index | | 299 | | | | Subject Index | | 307 |
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