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Published on: May 31, 2011
Science, politics and institutional design in regulation
Thomas O McGarity1, Wendy E Wagner1
1Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Professor in Administrative Law and Richard Dale Endowed Chair, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, United States.
Abstract:
The politicization of science is a recurring phenomenon in US federal policymaking that is explained in part by the unstructured, collaborative nature of decision-making in most science-intensive US regulatory programs. In this chapter we spotlight some of the most significant worries arising from this longstanding approach to U.S. institutional design for expert agencies and offer recommendations for stronger institutional structures to help guard against the politicization of science.
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