Breaking Free from the Chains of the Organizational Chart: A Proposal for the Effective Integration of Government Lawyers and Policymakers | Zendy

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Breaking Free from the Chains of the Organizational Chart: A Proposal for the Effective Integration of Government Lawyers and Policymakers

Author(s) -

Cary Silverman

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

policy perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2377-7753

pISSN - 1085-7087

DOI - 10.4079/pp.v6i1.4205

Subject(s) - chart , government (linguistics) , organizational chart , business , public administration , political science , economics , management , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , linguistics

T he structure and practice of administrative agencies establish a rigid separation between government lawyers and policymakers. Underlying this division is an assumption that the two professions are fundamentally different. Indeed, both utilize dissimilar skills, value preferences, and even languages. However, as the regulatory environment increases in legal complexity, lawyers inevitably become involved in policymaking. This involvement is causing the preexisting rift between lawyers and their non-lawyer colleagues toexpand. However, government agencies can avert this division and strengthen public policy through more effective integration of lawyers and policymakers.

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