Shaping formal networks through the regulatory process
By: HALL, Thad E.
Contributor(s): O´TOOLE Jr,Laurence J.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, May 2004Subject(s): Administração Federal | Programa | Regulamentação | Implementação | Política SocialAdministration & Society 36, 2, p. 186-207Abstract: Recent research has show that, ate the federal level, new or amended programs typically create networks consisting of multiactor structures spanning governments, sectors, and/or agencies> this study examines the implementation structures created through the regulatory process. We find that in a majoritary of cases the regulatory process adds to the comolexity of implementation patterns; previously simple imolementation structures often became more complicated and new actors are brought into the process. Rules also serve a key function in clarifying the general language that is often used by Congress. These findings have implications for the stydy and practice of public administrationRecent research has show that, ate the federal level, new or amended programs typically create networks consisting of multiactor structures spanning governments, sectors, and/or agencies> this study examines the implementation structures created through the regulatory process. We find that in a majoritary of cases the regulatory process adds to the comolexity of implementation patterns; previously simple imolementation structures often became more complicated and new actors are brought into the process. Rules also serve a key function in clarifying the general language that is often used by Congress. These findings have implications for the stydy and practice of public administration
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