Can Regulation Work?: The Implementation of the 1972 California Coastal Initiative : Springer : 9781468411577 : 1468411578 : 25 Nov 2012 : Although loeal governments have traditionally exereised almost exclusive regula­ tory eontrol over land development within their jurisdictions, throughout the 1970s state governments began to amass eonsiderablc authority over loeal land use deeisions. Studies of the implementation of these new programs, however, have generally had the drawbacks of not being integrated into theoretieal litera­ tures in the soeial seien ces and suffering from substantial mcthodologieal prob­ lems. On the basis of a review of literatures on poliey making by regulatory ageneies, the implementation of federal soeialldistributive programs, and the situational variables affecting ageney behavior, in this study we develop a general eoneeptual framework of the implementation proeess of regulatory statutes. The framework is then applied to the implementation of one of the mor