This book covers the context of the environmental policy process, as well as exploring specific environmental issues. It examines topics such as toxic and hazardous substances; energy - both fossil fuel and nuclear' public lands; and global policy-making ocusing on climate change and transboundary politics.
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"Environmental Politics and Policy is well written and accessible for students. The new material on the impact and fallout from the BP oil spill, the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, as well as further discussion of the legacy of evolving governance after the Kyoto Protocol updates the book well. The historical narrative of evolving environmental policy is also useful. Rosenbaum's book has been a useful guide into this critical domain over a number of editions, and students will continue to consult it with benefit for their studies." -- Richard Kotter "I highly recommend Environmental Politics and Policy. I've assigned multiple editions in undergraduate and graduate courses in political science, environmental studies, and policy analysis. With each new edition comes thoroughly and thoughtfully updated coverage of critical issues. Timely discussion is devoted to the increasing partisan polarization in Congress and the implications for the environmental agendas of forward-thinking leaders, proponents of alternative energy, and climate change activists." -- Bradley Clark ?"Tony Rosenbaum has created a real gem of a text in Environmental Politics and Policy. Over the years, I have come to rely heavily on the text in both my undergraduate and graduate courses. The writing is clear and very accessible even to policy novices, and students find the case study examples particularly useful and engaging. I suggest to my students that the text is scalable-you could skim it and still gain a breadth of understanding about the American policymaking process, or you could slow down and really dig into the details to develop a robust understanding of our complex and dynamic system. This is a text worth spending time with to mine its wealth of information." -- Damian C. Adams "One of the biggest strengths of Environmental Politics and Policy is it manages to fit in plenty of historical examples, statistics, and examples, while seeming to "tell a story." While relevant data and statistics are provided to substantiate the topics presented and to provide context for them, it does not descend into a boring, dry recount of facts and figures. It manages to clearly explain the topics, while not losing the students' interest. For example, in the opening chapter, the author manages to slip in facts on fracking and the various constituencies involved, while explaining a localized, current controversy in a way that makes it seem as though he is explaining the plot of a recent movie. I think it is very accessible for students because the way the problems are explained is provided in a humanized and informal way." -- Leda Barnett
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
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978-1-5063-4537-6 (9781506345376)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Walter A. Rosenbaum is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Florida and director emeritus of the University of Florida's Bob Graham Center for Public Service. His recent activities include an analysis of the EPA's capacity for climate change regulation, prepared for the Brookings Institution; an examination of the data requirements for a new Federal Environmental Legacy Act; preparation of an energy policy text for CQ Press; and an analysis of U.S.energy governance for MIT Press. He has also served as a staff member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health, Tulane University Medical College. In addition to his teaching and research, he has been a consultant to the EPA, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the South Florida Ecosystem (Everglades) Restoration Project. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Environmental Studies and Sciences.
Figures, Tables, Boxes, and Maps
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1. After Earth Day
"Frack, Baby, Frack"
The Environmental Legacy
The Evolution of U.S. Environmentalism
Ongoing Challenges: Present and Future
Plan for the Book
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 2. Making Policy: The Process
The White House and the Greenhouse
The Policy Cycle
Constitutional Constraints
Incrementalism
Interest Group Politics
Environmentalism and Its Critics
The Public and Environmentalism
The Special Place of Science in Policymaking
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 3. Making Policy: Institutions and Politics
The Water War Called WOTUS
The Presidency
Congress: Too Much Check, Too Little Balance
The Bureaucracy: Power Through Implementation
The Courts: The Role of Appraisal
The Political Environment of Environmental Policymaking
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 4. Common Policy Challenges: Risk Assessment and Environmental Justice
A Toxic Nightmare From Toyland?
Risk Assessment and the Limits of Science
What Risks Are Acceptable?
Risk Assessment Reconsidered: The Precautionary Principle
Risk and Discrimination: The Problem of Environmental Justice
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 5. More Choice: The Battle Over Regulatory Economics
The Benefit-Cost Debate
Regulation Strategies: Command and Control Versus the Marketplace
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 6. Command and Control in Action: Air and Water Pollution Regulation
The Political Anatomy of Command-and-Control Regulation
Regulating Air Quality
Regulating Water Quality
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 7. A Regulatory Thicket: Toxic and Hazardous Substances
An Ambiguous Inheritance
Federal Law: Regulation From the Cradle to the Grave?
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 8. Energy: America's Energy Politics in Transformation
The Foundation: A Fossil Fuel Nation
Natural Gas and the Gas "Boom"
Coal: The Promise and Perils of Abundance
Fossil Fuel Alternatives: Nuclear Power and Renewable Energy
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 9. 635 Million Acres of Politics: The Battle for Public Lands
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Public Land Politics at a Boil
A History of Contested Access
The Public Domain
Conflicts Over Multiple Use
The Pluralistic Politics of the Public Lands
The Fate of the Forests
How Much Wilderness Is Enough?
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 10. Climate Change, Domestic Politics, and the Challenge of Global Policymaking
The Contested Science of Atmospheric Warming
The Domestic Setting of Climate Change Politics
Transboundary Environmental Politics
From Kyoto to Paris
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
List of Abbreviations
Index
