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American Environmental Policy, 1990-2006 Beyond Gridlock

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ISBN-10: 0262612208

ISBN-13: 9780262612203

Edition: 2007

Authors: Christopher McGrory Klyza, David J. Sousa

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The golden era of American environmental lawmaking, between 1964 and 1980, saw twenty-two pieces of major environmental legislation (including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act) passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed into law by presidents of both parties. But since then environmental issues have divided the parties and engendered bitter interest-group politics, with most new proposals blocked by legislative gridlock. In this book, Christopher McGrory Klyza and David Sousa argue that this long-standing legislative stalemate at the national level has forced environmental policymaking onto other pathways, both inside and outside government.…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 11/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Environmental Policy Beyond Gridlock
Creating the Current Institutional Landscape of Environmental Policymaking
Regulatory Reform, Reconciliation, and Rough Riders
Environmental Policymaking in Congress
National Monuments, Roadless Forests, and Aging Electric Utilities
Executive Policymaking through Statutory Discretion and Rulemaking
From "Who Has Standing?" to "Who Is Left Standing?"
The Courts and Environmental Policymaking in the Era of Gridlock
The Collaborative Pathway in Environmental Policymaking
The States and Environmental Policy
Junior Partner, Next Generation Innovator, Passionate Advocate, or All of the Above?
Gridlock, Green Drift, and the Future of Environmental Politics
Notes
Selected References
Index