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100			_aScholz, John T.
245			_aStreet-level political control over federal bureaucracy
520			_aLocal partisan activities of legislators and their electoral coalitions systematically influence field office activities of federal bureaucracies in their electoral districts. This alternative to centralized democratic controls over bureaucracy occurs because discretionary policy decisions made at the field office level are influenced by local resources generated through partisan activities. The study of county -level occupational safety and Health Administration enforcement in New Yrok (1976-85) finds that country, state and federal elected officials influence local enforcement activities, with liberal, democratic legislators associated with more active enforcement. The country political parties are most
650			_a Politics
650			_a Bureaucracy
650			_aCivil Service and Legislators
700			_aHeadrick, Barbara
700			_aTwombly, Jim
773			_aAmerican Political Science Review
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