Walter L. Williams

Determining Our Environments (eBook, PDF)

The Role of Department of Energy Citizen Advisory Boards

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Williams examines the efforts of public agencies to better incorporate citizen participation in the administrative process. He focuses on the effort of the Department of Energy to use citizen advisory boards composed of stakeholders-persons who stand to gain or lose from policy implementation-in its economic transition, waste management, and environmental restoration programs. The Department's efforts to deal with hazardous and toxic wastes stemming from uranium fuel for the U.S. nuclear weapons program are examined in detail. The case study shows that the stakeholder model was effective: the advisory board was expeditiously organized, reached consensus on critical issues, and accomplished its primary mission. The board's performance was such that the Clinton administration considered it a major example of how federal agencies could be reinvented to produce a government that works better and costs less. Of particular interest to policy makers and researchers involved with US environmental issues and public policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313014154
• Artikelnr.: 37812479

Autorenporträt

WALTER LEE WILLIAMS, JR. is an independent scholar who has worked as an adjunct professor of political science at Pellissippi State Technical Community College. Dr. Williams' research interests include public and environmental policy and public administration.

Inhaltsangabe

The Changing Regulatory Process From Production to Cleanup: A History of
the Fernald Facility Implementing the Model: The Creation of the Fernald
Site Specific Advisory Board The Effect of the Fernald SSAB: From Conflict
to Cooperation The Results of a Survey Involving DOE's Site Specific
Advisory Boards The Eternal Quest for Public Participation: Assessing the
Fernald SSAB Experience Appendices Bibliography Index