Environmental Policy
New Directions for the Twenty-First Century
9th Edition
Published on 4. June 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-4833-5258-9 (ISBN)
Description
Authoritative and trusted, Environmental Policy convenes top scholars to evaluate the impact of past environmental policy while anticipating its future implications, helping students decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape environmental politics. The Ninth Edition offers coverage of the latest issues, including the energy and natural resource policy dilemmas, sustainable cities, and the environmental impact of food production and consumption. A new concluding chapter ties the contributing chapters together with an assessment of the remaining environmental policy challenges for the 21st century.
Reviews / Votes
"I really enjoy using this book. The strengths are that it covers a wide variety of environmental policy issues, incorporating examples accessible to the students and theory from the academic literature. My students have only positive things to say about it." -- Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo "[Environmental Policy] is an excellent collection and I plan on continuing to use it. The chapters are very well done and the topics addressed are relevant and timely. The quality is very high and presentation is outstanding." -- Daniel Fiorino "The authors are very thorough in their use of primary source data and they make such data, especially websites, readily available." -- Jeff W. JusticeMore details
Edition
9th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
596 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4833-5258-9 (9781483352589)
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Persons
Norman J. Vig is the Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor of Science, Technology,
and Society emeritus at Carleton College. He has written extensively on environmental
policy, science and technology policy, and comparative politics and is coeditor
with Michael G. Faure of Green Giants? Environmental Policies of the United States
and the European Union (MIT Press, 2004) and with Regina S. Axelrod and David
Leonard Downie of The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy, 2nd ed.
(CQ Press, 2005).
Michael E. Kraft is professor emeritus of political science
and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay. He is the author of, among other works, Environmental
Policy and Politics, 8th ed. (2022), and coauthor of
Coming Clean: Information Disclosure and Environmental
Performance (2011), with Mark Stephan and Troy D. Abel.
In addition, he is the coeditor of Environmental Policy:
New Directions in the 21st Century, 12th ed. (2025), with
Barry G. Rabe and Norman J. Vig; Toward Sustainable
Communities: Transition and Transformations in Environmental Policy, 2nd ed. (2009), with
Daniel A. Mazmanian; and Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the
American Political System (2007) and The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy (2013),
with Sheldon Kamieniecki. For over forty years, he taught courses in environmental policy and
politics, American government, Congress, and public policy analysis.
and Society emeritus at Carleton College. He has written extensively on environmental
policy, science and technology policy, and comparative politics and is coeditor
with Michael G. Faure of Green Giants? Environmental Policies of the United States
and the European Union (MIT Press, 2004) and with Regina S. Axelrod and David
Leonard Downie of The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy, 2nd ed.
(CQ Press, 2005).
Michael E. Kraft is professor emeritus of political science
and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay. He is the author of, among other works, Environmental
Policy and Politics, 8th ed. (2022), and coauthor of
Coming Clean: Information Disclosure and Environmental
Performance (2011), with Mark Stephan and Troy D. Abel.
In addition, he is the coeditor of Environmental Policy:
New Directions in the 21st Century, 12th ed. (2025), with
Barry G. Rabe and Norman J. Vig; Toward Sustainable
Communities: Transition and Transformations in Environmental Policy, 2nd ed. (2009), with
Daniel A. Mazmanian; and Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the
American Political System (2007) and The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy (2013),
with Sheldon Kamieniecki. For over forty years, he taught courses in environmental policy and
politics, American government, Congress, and public policy analysis.
Content
Part I: Environmental Policy and Politics in Transition
Chapter 1: U.S. Environmental Policy: Achievements and New Directions - Michael E. Kraft and Norman J. Vig
Chapter 2: Racing to the Top, the Bottom, or the Middle of the Pack? The Evolving State Government Role in Environmental Protection - Barry G. Rabe
Chapter 3: Environmental Advocacy in the Obama Years: Assessing New Strategies for Political Change - Matthew C. Nisbet
Part II: Federal Institutions and Policy Change
Chapter 4: Presidential Powers and Environmental Policy - Norman J. Vig
Chapter 5: Environmental Policy in Congress - Michael E. Kraft
Chapter 6: Environmental Policy in the Courts - Rosemary O'Leary
Chapter 7: The Environmental Protection Agency - Richard N. L. Andrews
Part III: Public Policy Dilemmas
Chapter 8: Energy Policy: Fracking, Renewables, and the Keystone XL Pipeline - Edward P. Weber, David Bernell, and Hilary S. Boudet
Chapter 9: Eating and the Environment: Ecological Impacts of Food Production - Christopher J. Bosso and Nicole E. Tichenor
Chapter 10: Applying Market Principles to Environmental Policy - Sheila M. Olmstead
Chapter 11: Toward Sustainable Production: Finding Workable Strategies for Government and Industry - Daniel Press and Daniel A. Mazmanian
Chapter 12: Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: What Cities Are Doing - Kent E. Portney
Part IV: Global Issues and Controversies
Chapter 13: Global Climate Change Governance: The Long Road to Paris - Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer
Chapter 14: Environment, Population, and the Developing World - Richard J. Tobin
Chapter 15: China's Quest for a Green Economy - Kelly Sims Gallagher and Joanna I. Lewis
Part V: Conclusion
Chapter 16: Conclusion: Future Environmental Challenges and Solutions - Norman J. Vig and Michael E. Kraft
Chapter 1: U.S. Environmental Policy: Achievements and New Directions - Michael E. Kraft and Norman J. Vig
Chapter 2: Racing to the Top, the Bottom, or the Middle of the Pack? The Evolving State Government Role in Environmental Protection - Barry G. Rabe
Chapter 3: Environmental Advocacy in the Obama Years: Assessing New Strategies for Political Change - Matthew C. Nisbet
Part II: Federal Institutions and Policy Change
Chapter 4: Presidential Powers and Environmental Policy - Norman J. Vig
Chapter 5: Environmental Policy in Congress - Michael E. Kraft
Chapter 6: Environmental Policy in the Courts - Rosemary O'Leary
Chapter 7: The Environmental Protection Agency - Richard N. L. Andrews
Part III: Public Policy Dilemmas
Chapter 8: Energy Policy: Fracking, Renewables, and the Keystone XL Pipeline - Edward P. Weber, David Bernell, and Hilary S. Boudet
Chapter 9: Eating and the Environment: Ecological Impacts of Food Production - Christopher J. Bosso and Nicole E. Tichenor
Chapter 10: Applying Market Principles to Environmental Policy - Sheila M. Olmstead
Chapter 11: Toward Sustainable Production: Finding Workable Strategies for Government and Industry - Daniel Press and Daniel A. Mazmanian
Chapter 12: Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: What Cities Are Doing - Kent E. Portney
Part IV: Global Issues and Controversies
Chapter 13: Global Climate Change Governance: The Long Road to Paris - Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer
Chapter 14: Environment, Population, and the Developing World - Richard J. Tobin
Chapter 15: China's Quest for a Green Economy - Kelly Sims Gallagher and Joanna I. Lewis
Part V: Conclusion
Chapter 16: Conclusion: Future Environmental Challenges and Solutions - Norman J. Vig and Michael E. Kraft