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Guide to U.S. Environmental Policy

by Sally K. Fairfax , Edmund Russell
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781452270753
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: CQ Press
  • Publisher Imprint: CQ Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 536
  • Original Price: USD 225.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1701 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Public Policy / Environmental Policy

Guide to U.S. Environmental Policy provides the analytical connections showing readers how issues and actions are translated into public policies and persistent institutions for resolving or managing environmental conflict in the U.S. The guide highlights a complex decision-making cycle that requires the cooperation of government, business, and an informed citizenry to achieve a comprehensive approach to environmental protection. The book's topical, operational, and relational essays address development of U.S. environmental policies, the federal agencies and public and private organizations that frame and administer environmental policies, and the challenges of balancing conservation and preservation against economic development, the ongoing debates related to turning environmental concerns into environmental management, and the role of the U.S. in international organizations that facilitate global environmental governance.

Key Features:

  • 30 essays by leading conservationists and scholars in the field investigate the fundamental political, social, and economic processes and forces driving policy decisions about the protection and future of the environment.
  • Essential themes traced through the chapters include natural resource allocation and preservation, human health, rights of indigenous peoples, benefits of recycling, economic and other policy areas impacted by responses to green concerns, international cooperation, and immediate and long-term costs associated with environmental policy.
  • The essays explore the impact made by key environmental policymakers, presidents, and politicians, as well as the topical issues that have influenced U.S. environmental public policy from the colonial period to the present day.
  • A summary of regulatory agencies for environmental policy, a selected bibliography, and a thorough index are included.

This must-have reference for political science and public policy students who seek to understand the forces that U.S. environmental policy is suitable for academic, public, high school, government, and professional libraries.

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