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| Tables and Figures | |
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| List of Acronyms | |
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| Preface | |
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| Environmental Policy in Context: Economic Demand, Political Supply | |
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| The Economic Context: Environmental Quality as a Normal Good | |
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| The Political Context: Constitutional Foundations and their Policy Implications | |
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| Outline of Analysis | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Environmental Action, Environmental Caution: The Case for Government Intervention | |
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| Traditional Justification: The Tragedy of the Commons | |
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| Public Goods | |
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| Externalities | |
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| The Right to Know: Informational Rationales | |
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| Do the Right Thing: The Moral Imperative | |
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| Several Notes of Caution: The Case Against Government Intervention | |
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| Grounds for Action and Caution | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| A Brief History of U.S. Environmental Policy | |
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| The Evolution of Environmentalism | |
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| Before "Environmentalism": The Nineteenth Century | |
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| Beginnings of Environmentalism: 1870-1920 | |
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| Increasing Supply and Fluctuating Demand: 1920-1960 | |
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| The Environmental Movement and the EPA: 1960-1980 | |
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| Contemporary Environmentalism: 1980-Present | |
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| Environmental Policy Evolution: Growth and Fragmentation | |
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| National Political Influences on Environmental Policy | |
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| The Demand Side: Organized Interests and Environmental Politics | |
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| The Supply Side: Formal Political Institutions and the Environment | |
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| Linking Demand and Supply: Implications for Public Policy | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Developing and Enforcing Environmental Policy | |
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| Mandates for Implementation | |
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| Enforcement: Deterrence, Cooperation, Information | |
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| Political Impacts on Implementation | |
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| Credibility | |
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| The Perils and Pitfalls of Implementation | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| National or Local Control: Conflicts over Environmental Federalism | |
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| The Case for Policy Devolution | |
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| The Case for Policy Centralization | |
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| Federalism and Environmental Policy | |
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| Falling Short | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Federalism in Theory and Practice | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Land Use Agencies: Government as Landlord | |
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| The Land Use Agencies | |
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| Conclusions: Government as Steward | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| The EPA: Government as Regulator | |
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| Environmental Regulation Circa 1970 | |
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| Growth and Fragmentation | |
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| The EPA's Many Responsibilities | |
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| General Trends: Rationalization and Complication | |
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| Regulation, Fragmentation, and Contemporary Environmental Policy | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| The Costs of Environmental Progress | |
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| Successes and Failures | |
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| The High Cost of Progress: Proximate and Fundamental Causes | |
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| Future Trends | |
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| Sustaining Environmental Quality | |
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| Final Thoughts | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |