| AFN | National Forestry Authority | Autoridade Florestal Nacional |
| APA | Portuguese Environment Agency | Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente |
| ARHs | Hydrographic Regional Administrations | Administrações de Região Hidrográfica |
| ARPA | Regional Environmental Protection Agencies | Agenzia regionale per la protezione ambientale |
| BA | Federal Employment Agency | Bundesagentur für Arbeit |
| CCDRs | Regional Coordination and Development Commissions | Comissãos de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional |
| CNP | National Pension Center | Centro Nacional de Pensões |
| DB | Defined Benefit | |
| DC | Defined Contribution | |
| DEA | [Danish] Energy Agency | |
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
| DMEA | [Danish] Municipal Environmental Administration | |
| DRV | Federal Pension Insurance | Deutsche Rentenversicherung |
| DSP | Department of Social Protection | |
| DUT | Extended Total Balance Principle | Det Udvidede Toalbanceprincip |
| DWI | Drinking Water Inspectorate | |
| DWP | Department for Work and Pensions | |
| EA | Environment Agency | |
| EC | Ecolabelling Denmark | |
| EIAs | Environmental Impact Assessments | |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency | Miljøstyrelsen |
| ETS | EU Emissions Trading Scheme | |
| FamKa | Family Benefits Office | Familienkasse |
| FAS | Training and Employment Authority | Foras Áiseanna Saothair |
| FND | Workforce Development Fund | Fundo de Desenvolvimento da Mão-de-Obra |
| GG | German Basic Law | Grundgesetz |
| HMIP | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution | |
| HMRC | Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | |
| ICNB | Institute for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity | Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade |
| ICNF | Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests | Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas |
| IEFP | Institute of Employment and Vocational Training | Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional |
| IGAMAOT | General Inspection of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning | Inspeção-Geral da Agricultura, do Mar, do Ambiente e do Ordenamento do Território |
| ILOSTAT | International Labour Organization Statistics | |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund | |
| INPS | National Institute for Social Security | Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale |
| IORPs | Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision | |
| ISPRA | Institute for Environmental Protection and Research | Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale |
| ISS | Institute of Social Security | Instituto da Segurança Social |
| KL | Local Government Denmark | Komkunernes Landsforening |
| LAWPRO | Local Authorities Water Program | |
| LfU | Offices for the Environment | Landesämter für Umwelt |
| LGA | Local Governments Association | |
| LGMA | Local Government Management Agency | |
| MEA | Municipal Environmental Administration | |
| MET | Ministry of Ecological Transition | Ministerio della Transizione ecologica |
| MJC | Municipal Jobcentre | |
| MLPS | Ministry of Labour and Social Policies | Ministerio del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali |
| NA | [Danish] Nature Agency | Naturstyrelsen |
| NAO | National Audit Office | |
| NDPB | Non-Departmental Public Body | |
| NPPF | National Planning Policy Framework | |
| NPWS | National Parks and Wildlife Service | |
| NRA | National Rivers Authority | |
| PA | Pensions Authority | |
| PD | Payments Denmark | Udbetalling Denmark |
| PEPFAR | President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief | |
| PRSAs | Personal Retirement Savings Accounts | |
| PUP | Pandemic Unemployment Payment | |
| RACs | Retirement Annuity Contracts | |
| SCETRA | Select Committee on Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs | |
| SGB II | Social Security Code II | Sozialgesetzbuch II |
| SNE | National Employment Service | Serviço Nacional de Emprego |
| SNP | Scottish National Party | |
| STAR | Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment | Styrelsen for Arbeijdsmarket og Rekruttering |
| StMUV | State Ministries for the Environment | Staatsministerien für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz |
| TPR | The Pensions Regulator | |
| UC | Universal Credit | |
| VPI | Vertical policy-process integration | |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development | |
| WRAs | Local Waste Regulation Authorities | |
| WWAs | Water Management Offices | Wasserwirtschaftsämter |
| ZBFS | State-level social welfare agencies | Zentrum Bayern für Familie und Soziales |
Book contents
- Triage Bureaucracy
- Triage Bureaucracy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Challenge of Implementing Growing Policy Stocks
- 2 Bureaucratic Overload and Organizational Policy Triage
- 3 Observing and Explaining Policy Triage
- 4 Denmark
- 5 Germany
- 6 The United Kingdom
- 7 Ireland
- 8 Italy
- 9 Portugal
- 10 Bureaucratic Policy Triage in Comparative Perspective
- 11 Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Index
Abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2025
Book contents
- Triage Bureaucracy
- Triage Bureaucracy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Challenge of Implementing Growing Policy Stocks
- 2 Bureaucratic Overload and Organizational Policy Triage
- 3 Observing and Explaining Policy Triage
- 4 Denmark
- 5 Germany
- 6 The United Kingdom
- 7 Ireland
- 8 Italy
- 9 Portugal
- 10 Bureaucratic Policy Triage in Comparative Perspective
- 11 Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Index
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- Triage BureaucracyThe Organizational Challenge of Implementing Growing Policy Stocks, pp. xv - xviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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