The Politics of Rulemaking in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233075 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Webb Yackee (0000-0003-1132-8434, La Follette School of Public Affairs and Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-55 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev-polisci-050817-092302 |
| OpenAlex | W2903100560 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 72 |
Rulemaking is a critical part of American government and governance. This article reviews the political underpinnings of modern rulemaking. Specifically, it highlights the process and impact of agency regulations, as well as the key tools used by the legislature, elected executive, and courts to oversee the rulemaking process. The article also reviews who participates in the rulemaking process, as well as who influences regulatory content. Finally, new directions in regulatory policymaking are explored, including data collection advancements, as well as the potential role for guidance documents as replacements for more traditionally issued notice and comment regulations
Administrative law · Agency (philosophy · Corporate governance · Economics · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Legislature · Management · Notice · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Rulemaking · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies
Buffering or Binding? Political Connections and Firms’ Sustainability Disclosure Strategies in China
Making Food-Systems Policy for Local Interests and Common Good
Federal Rulemaking
Research Use and Politics in the Federal Higher Education Rulemaking Process
From Fragmentation to Integration
Administrative lobbying and the bureaucratic revolving door
Persuading the independent
Out of the public’s eye? Lobbying the President’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Data and methods for analyzing special interest influence in rulemaking
Is That a Threat? How Types of Stakeholder and Reputational Threat Matter for Gaining Influence in Regulatory Rulemaking
What Is Ideological Capture and How Do We Measure It? Using Antitrust Reform to Understand Expert–Public Cleavages
Shaping EU agencies’ rulemaking
Keep your principals close, but your stakeholders closer
The Very Best People
Presidential Strategy amidst the “Broken” Appointments Process
Under Pressure
Do government invitations to consultations shape stakeholder participation in public policymaking
Presidential Transitions and Interests Group Participation in the Notice and Comment Process
Understanding patterns of stakeholder participation in public commenting on bureaucratic policymaking
Mapping the policy space of public consultations
Strategic Proposals, Endogenous Comments, and Bias in Rulemaking
Boosting Public Confidence in U.S. Agency Policymaking
Regulatory capture's third face of power
Embattled Past, Uncertain Future
Does business influence government regulations? New evidence from Canadian impact assessments
Procedural constraints and regulatory ossification in the US states
Lawyers as Lobbyists
Hidden Politics? Assessing Lobbying Success During US Agency Guidance Development
European (networked) agencies between independence and influence
Does consultation count for corruption? The causal relations in the EU-28
The tip of the iceberg – interest group behaviour in rule drafting and consultations during EU agency rulemaking
On democratic intelligence and failure
Rule Significance and Interbranch Competition in Rulemaking Processes
Reputation and Power
What Motivates Bureaucrats?
Learning While Governing
Mobilizing Interest Groups in America
The Politics of Presidential Appointments
Deliberate Discretion?
Delegating Powers
Structure and Process, Politics and Policy
Congressional Influence on Bureaucracy
Some Thoughts on "Deossifying" the Rulemaking Process
Who Controls the Bureaucracy?
Presidential Administration
The Logic of Collective Action
Does W hite H ouse Regulatory Review Produce a Chilling Effect and “ Oira Avoidance” in the Agencies
The value of words
Sweet-Talking the Fourth Branch
The Institutionalization of Regulatory Review
Presidential Leadership and Administrative Coordination
Contested Boundaries in Policy-Relevant Science
Understanding commenter influence during agency rule development
The Complications of Controlling Agency Time Discretion
Presidential Power and Republican Government
Inside the Black Box
Interest Groups and the Bureaucracy
The congressional-bureaucratic system
Reputation and Public Administration
Federalist No. 10
A Bias Towards Business? Assessing Interest Group Influence on the U.S. Bureaucracy
RegData
Influence and the Administrative Process
Slow-Rolling, Fast-Tracking, and the Pace of Bureaucratic Decisions in Rulemaking
Promoting Agency Reputation through Public Advice
Delegation and Positive-Sum Bureaucracies
Lobbying Coalitions and Government Policy Change
Invisible (and Visible) Lobbying
Designing Bureaucratic Responsiveness
Agency Discretion and the Dynamics of Procedural Reform
Formal Procedures, Informal Processes, Accountability, and Responsiveness in Bureaucratic Policy Making
Making Rules about Rulemaking
Expert Opinion, Agency Characteristics, and Agency Preferences
Administrative Procedures and Bureaucratic Performance
Interest Groups in the Rule-Making Process
Participant Voice in the Bureaucratic Policymaking Process
Public Participation and Claimsmaking
Who Shapes the Rulemaking Agenda? Implications for Bureaucratic Responsiveness and Bureaucratic Control
Experts, Amateurs, and Bureaucratic Influence in the American States
Clerks or Kings? Partisan Alignment and Delegation to the US Bureaucracy
With Friends Like These
Regulatory Delay and Rulemaking Deadlines
Presidentially Directed Policy Change
Political Influence on the Bureaucracy
Interest Group Participation in Rule Making
The Politics of Ex Parte Lobbying
Groups, the Media, Agency Waiting Costs, and FDA Drug Approval
The Lengthened Shadow of Another Institution? Ideal Point Estimates for the Executive Branch and Congress
Gridlock and Delegation in a Changing World
Separated Powers in the United States
Assessing Inter-Institutional Attention to and Influence on Government Regulations
Interest Group Competition on Federal Agency Rules
The interest ecology of financial regulation
Bureaucratic Agenda Control
Political Control Versus Expertise
Limitation Riders and Congressional Influence over Bureaucratic Policy Decisions
| Unique citing works | 33 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |