Enforcement or Negotiation presents a study of the development and operations of the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement during its first four years (1978-82), with special emphasis on the issue of regulatory enforcement. It examines the causes and consequences of the agency's change from an enforced compliance style of regulation toward a more discretionary negotiated compliance . The analysis is grounded in a variety of methods, including personal interviews, examination of archival data, and ...
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Enforcement or Negotiation presents a study of the development and operations of the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement during its first four years (1978-82), with special emphasis on the issue of regulatory enforcement. It examines the causes and consequences of the agency's change from an enforced compliance style of regulation toward a more discretionary negotiated compliance . The analysis is grounded in a variety of methods, including personal interviews, examination of archival data, and structured questionnaires. A comparative analysis of how the legislation was implemented differently in two regions of the United States demonstrates the crucial importance of local conditions on the implementation of regulatory mandates. The OSM's efforts to balance demands for equity and efficiency are documented, as well as the differences in oppositional strategies employed by large and small mining companies.
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Binding corner bumps, minor rubbing, VG. 23x15cm, xi, 193 pp. Contents: Regulation & the State: The Rise of Regulation; Regulation & Theories of the State: Neo-Marxist Theories; The Regulatory Process: Choices & Constraints; Styles of Regulation: A Typological Analysis of the Regulatory Process; Stages of the Regulatory Process...Surface Mining & the Environment: Trends in American Coal Production; The Surface Coal Mining Process; The Destructive Effects of Early Surface Coal Mining; The Anti-Strip Mining Movement; The Battle to Enact Legislation: 90th Congress (1968): Hearings; Interim Events; 92nd & 93rd Congresses: Hearings & Legislation; 93rd & 94th Congresses: Legislation & Vetoes: 95th Congress: The Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act of 1977; The Social Construction of the Agency: Constructing Legislative History; Constructing the Organization; Constraining Factors...; The Social Construction of Regulations...The OSM's Rule-Making Process; Federal Surface Mining Regulations...The Inspection & Enforcement Program: The Guiding Ideology; Creating an Enforcement Process; Industry & State Opposition; Evaluation of Enforcement; Sanctioning Corporate Offenders...; Regional Variation in Inspection & Enforcement: Regulatory Enforcement Styles; Contrasts in Regional Enforcement Activity; The Agency under Siege: The Revolt of the States; The Coal Industry's Counterattack; The States-Industry Coalition; "Friendly" Sniping by Environmentalists...A Theoretical Reprise...The Office of Surface Mining Since 1980...Appendix: Methodology.
