Environmental policy : new directions for the twenty-first century
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Environmental policy : new directions for the twenty-first century
CQ Press, c2016
9th ed
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Environmental policy
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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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.
Table of Contents
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
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