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Regulatory Enforcement in a Federalist System

John T. Scholz, Feng Heng Wei·1986·American Political Science Review
DOI 10.1017/s0003055400185090
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Federal agencies integrate federal, state, and local political demands at the operational level of service delivery. They balance conflicting political demands and task requirements as they attempt to develop feasible enforcement routines capable of attracting support and resources in multiple arenas without undermining central support for budgetary resources and statutory authority. Our regression analysis of annual enforcement data from 1976 through 1983 for all 50 states indicates that even the relatively isolated enforcement procedures of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration respond significantly to state-level political and task differences. Enforcement activities responded most consistently to daily enforcement contacts with interest groups. State differences in task conditions—particularly workplace accident and unemployment rates—also elicited instrumental responses, while differences in the party and ideology of elected officials elicited more symbolic actions. State agencies, with their smaller size and greater flexibility, were even more responsive than the federal agency to political and task differences. This integrative function of bureaucracy needs further attention in democratic theory.

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Authors
Scholz, J. T., & Wei, F. H.
Venue
American Political Science Review
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
1986-12-01
Volume
80
Issue
4
Pages
1249-1270
ISSN
0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1017/s0003055400185090
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W2061192503
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277
References
37
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27.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
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