The environmental case : translating values into policy /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
CQ Press,
c2006.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction : defining problems in U.S. environmental politics
- Two critical features of U.S. environmental policymaking
- Major actors in environmental policymaking
- The environmental policymaking process
- Case selection
- Getting the most out of the cases
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- pt. 1. Tackling the issues of pollution
- 2. The nation tackles pollution : the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 3. Love Canal : hazardous waste and the politics of fear
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 4. Government secrets at Rocky Flats
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 5. Community activism and environmental justice : the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- pt. 2. History, changing values, and resource management on public lands
- 6. Oil versus wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 7. Federal grazing policy : some things never change
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 8. Jobs versus the environment : saving the Northern spotted owl
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 9. Playground or paradise? : snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- pt. 3. Addressing commons problems
- 10. Crisis in the New England fisheries
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 11. Climate change : the challenges of international environmental policymaking
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 12. Trade versus the environment : dolphins, turtles, and global economic expansion
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- pt. 4. Antienvironmental backlash and new approaches
- 13. Backlash : wise use, property rights, and the antienvironmental movement
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 14. Market-based solutions : acid rain and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 15. Ecosystem-based solutions : restoring the Florida everglades
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 16. Local, collaborative problem solving : using habitat conservation plans to save Southern California's endangered landscape
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 17. Making tradeoffs : urban sprawl and the evolving system of growth management in Portland, Oregon
- Background
- The case
- Outcomes
- Conclusions
- Questions to consider
- Notes
- Recommended reading
- Web sites
- 18. Conclusions : politics, values, and environmental policy change
- The strength of the status quo
- Legislative policy change
- Administrative policy change
- Acknowledging the role of values
- Notes.