Environmental Protection Agency – Structuring Motivation in a Green Bureaucracy –– The Conflict Between Regulatory Style and Cultural Identity

This is the first book to compare the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Environment Agency for England and Wales. The book presents a comprehensive account of the centrality of motivation to understanding the relative achievements of two green bureaucracies in particular, and of public-sector organizations in general. It will be essential reading to all those concerned with environmental regulation and how best to ensure regulatory success. The Environmental Protection Agency covers issues of organizational design, comparative public policy, and management and organizational studies.