The Science of Bureaucracy
Inside Technology Series
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The Science of Bureaucracy
Risk Decision-Making and the US Environmental Protection Agency
David Demortain
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
© 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Demortain, David, author.
Title: The science of bureaucracy : risk decision-making and the US Environmental
Protection Agency / David Demortain.
Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2019] | Series: Inside technology
series | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019010651 | ISBN 9780262537940 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: United States. Environmental Protection Agency--
Management--History. | Risk management--Government policy--
United States--History. | Environmental policy--United States--Decision making. |
Environmental policy--United States--History.
Classification: LCC TD171 .D46 2019 | DDC 363.700973--dc23