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Environmental politics and policy / Walter A. Rosenbaum.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2002.Description: xii, 404 p. : ill. 23 cmISBN:
  • 1568026455
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC 110.E5 .R723 2002
Contents:
Earth Day was yesterday : American environmentalism in transformation -- The politics of environmental policy -- Making policy : institutional challenges -- To govern is to choose : risk assessment and environmental justice -- More choice : the battle over regulatory economics -- "Command and control" in action : air and water pollution regulation -- A regulatory thicket : toxic and hazardous substances -- Black gold and nuclear dreams : the politics of energy -- Our 700 million acres : the battle for public lands -- The United States and climate diplomacy : the emerging politics of global environmentalism.
Summary: This celebrated exploration of how environmental policy is made provides readers with a balanced yet critical account of how U.S. environmental policy is made and what political forces and actors shape it. In this fourth edition, Walter A. Rosenbaum covers the entire three decades of the environmental era as he extends the discussion through the Clinton years. www.alibris.com
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American Learning Resource American Learning Resource Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center HC 110.E5 .R723 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 9ALRC201101502

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Earth Day was yesterday : American environmentalism in transformation -- The politics of environmental policy -- Making policy : institutional challenges -- To govern is to choose : risk assessment and environmental justice -- More choice : the battle over regulatory economics -- "Command and control" in action : air and water pollution regulation -- A regulatory thicket : toxic and hazardous substances -- Black gold and nuclear dreams : the politics of energy -- Our 700 million acres : the battle for public lands -- The United States and climate diplomacy : the emerging politics of global environmentalism.

This celebrated exploration of how environmental policy is made provides readers with a balanced yet critical account of how U.S. environmental policy is made and what political forces and actors shape it. In this fourth edition, Walter A. Rosenbaum covers the entire three decades of the environmental era as he extends the discussion through the Clinton years. www.alibris.com

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