KOONTZ,Tomas M <br/><br/>
Federalism in the forest :  national versus state natural resource policy 

 - Washington :  Georgetown University,  2002 
 - 232 p. 
 - American Governance and public Policy .
<br/><br/> 1-Agency policy perfomance in a federal system  Does devolution matter?  Comparing four forest pairs  2-Differences in state and national performance  State agency strengths: timber, profits, and ,revenue sharing  Federal agency strength: enviromental protection  Federal agency strength: citizen participation in policy processes  3-Explaining bureaucratic behavior in a federal system  Laws and forest plans  Budget incentives  Beyond elected officials  4-Theoretical and practical implications  Explaining policy performance differences  Implications for policy in a federal system 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Regimes e Sistemas Politicos<br/>Governo<br/>Federalismo