Verlag: State University of New York (1986), Albany, 1986
Anbieter: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark, Svendborg, Dänemark
orig.boards Binding corner bumps, minor rubbing, VG. 23x15cm, xi, 193 pp Contents: Regulation & the State: The Rise of Regulation; Regulation & Theories of the State: Neo-Marxist Theories; The Regulatory Process: Choices & Constraints; Styles of Regulation: A Typological Analysis of the Regulatory Process; Stages of the Regulatory Process.Surface Mining & the Environment: Trends in American Coal Production; The Surface Coal Mining Process; The Destructive Effects of Early Surface Coal Mining; The Anti-Strip Mining Movement; The Battle to Enact Legislation: 90th Congress (1968): Hearings; Interim Events; 92nd & 93rd Congresses: Hearings & Legislation; 93rd & 94th Congresses: Legislation & Vetoes: 95th Congress: The Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act of 1977; The Social Construction of the Agency: Constructing Legislative History; Constructing the Organization; Constraining Factors.;The Social Construction of Regulations.The OSM's Rule-Making Process; Federal Surface Mining Regulations.The Inspection & Enforcement Program: The Guiding Ideology; Creating an Enforcement Process; Industry & State Opposition; Evaluation of Enforcement; Sanctioning Corporate Offenders.; Regional Variation in Inspection & Enforcement: Regulatory Enforcement Styles; Contrasts in Regional Enforcement Activity; The Agency under Siege: The Revolt of the States; The Coal Industry's Counterattack; The States-Industry Coalition; "Friendly" Sniping by Environmentalists. A Theoretical Reprise.The Office of Surface Mining Since 1980.Appendix: Methodology. Binding corner bumps, minor rubbing, VG.