Rulemaking

Cornelius M. Kerwin is currently the provost of American University and a professor of public adminstration in American University′s School of Public Affairs. Dr. Kerwin served as the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) for the 1998-1999 term.Additionally, he worked as a consultant for several organizations, includingthe Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and theFederal Energy Regulatory Commission.Scott R. Furlong is provost/vice president for academicaffairs at the State University of New York at Oswego asof July 2017, after serving ten years as dean of the Collegeof Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and professorof political science and public affairs at the University ofWisconsin–Green Bay. His areas of expertise are regulatorypolicy and interest group participation in the executivebranch, and he has taught public policy for over twentyyears. He is the author or coauthor of many book chaptersand coauthor of Rulemaking: How Government AgenciesWrite Laws and Make Policy, 5th ed. (2019), with CorneliusM. Kerwin. His articles have appeared in such journals as Public Administration Review, Journalof Public Administration Research and Theory, Administration and Society, American Review ofPublic Administration, and Policy Studies Journal.

• List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceChapter 1: The Substance of Rules and the Reasons for RulemakingThe Definition of RulemakingThe History of RulemakingCategories of RulesThe Reasons for Rulemaking: What It Has to OfferChapter 2: The Process of RulemakingProcess and SubstanceThe Core Elements of Rulemaking: Information, Participation, AccountabilityInformation: Increased Legal RequirementsParticipation: Expanded Opportunities Mandated by LawMechanisms of AccountabilityHow the APA Model Has ChangedExceptions, Exemptions, and EvasionsThe Stages of RulemakingChapter 3: Issues and ContradictionsThe Volume of RulemakingQuality and ConsequencesTimelinessParticipationBureaucratic DiscretionThe Effects of RulemakingInseparable IssuesChapter 4: The Management of RulemakingPresidential ManagementManagement on the Agency LevelManaging Individual RulesConclusionChapter 5: Participation in RulemakingThe Purposes of ParticipationThe Origins and History of ParticipationActual Patterns of ParticipationDoes Participation Matter?Chapter 6: Oversight of RulemakingAccountability and CongressAccountability to the PresidentAccountability to the CourtsConclusionChapter 7: Rulemaking: Theory and ReformThe Value of TheoryElements of Rulemaking TheoryThe Reform of RulemakingAppendix: Titles and Chapters in the Code of Federal RegulationsIndexAbout the Authors

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