Walter A. Rosenbaum's classic Environmental Politics and Policy provides definitive coverage of environmental politics and policy, lively case material, and a balanced assessment of current environmental issues. The first half of the book sets needed context and describes the policy process while the second half covers specific environmental issues such as air and water; toxic and hazardous substances; energy; and a global policymaking chapter focused on climate change and trans-boundary politics. The eleventh edition includes updates on the Trump administration's initiatives and controversies with regard to environmental policy, offering the currency and relevancy needed for any environmental politics course.
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"Environmental Politics and Policy is the most engaging book for teaching U.S. Environmental Policy, and the best way to teach the process of making policy." -- Ninian R. Stein "[The text] provides a good overview of domestic environmental policymaking at the federal level. The book fits nicely into my style/format of teaching the course."
-- Robert Holahan
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
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978-1-5443-2504-0 (9781544325040)
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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"
America's 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
Protecting the Bee: The Pathways of Policy
The Policy Cycle
Constitutional Constraints
Incrementalism
Interest Group Politics
The Environmental Movement: Confronting the Challenge of Change
Environmentalism and Its Critics
The Public and Environmentalism
The Special Place of Science in Policymaking
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 3 * Making Policy: Governmental 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 Politics of Command-and-Control Regulation
Regulating Air Quality
Current Controversies in Air-Quality Regulation
Regulating Water Quality
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 7 * A Regulatory Thicket: Toxic and Hazardous Substances
Toxic and Expensive: The Stringfellow Waste Site
The Growth of Federal Toxics Regulation
Federal Law: Toxics 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 Contested Resources of Public Lands
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Public Land Politics at a Boil
The Department in the Middle
The Public Lands
Conflicts Over Multiple Use
The Fate of the Forests
How Much Wilderness Is Enough?
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
Chapter 10 * The Politics and Policy of Global Climate Change
Science and Climate Warming
The Domestic Politics of Climate Change
The Difficult Quest for an International Climate Agreement
Deadlock Over Domestic Climate Emission Controls
The Clouded Future of U.S. Climate Policy
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Notes
List of Abbreviations
Index
