Environmental Case Translating Values into Policy

Name: Environmental Case Translating Values into Policy
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ISBN: 9781568028989

ISBN-10: 1568028989

ISBN-13: 9781568028989

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Judith A. Layzer

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Book details

List price: $48.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: CQ Press
Publication date: 12/22/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 500
Size: 8.80" wide x 6.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Judith A. Layzer is assistant professor of environmental policy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on U.S. environmental politics, particularly on the role of science and the use of ecosystem management and other collaborative approaches to environmental policy.



Preface



Introduction


Two Critical Features of U.S. Environmental Policymaking


Major Actors in Environmental Policymaking


The Environmental Policymaking Process


Case Selection


Getting the Most Out of These Cases


Notes


Recommended Reading



Tackling the Issue of Pollution



The Nation Tackles Pollution: The Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Water Acts



Love Canal: Hazardous Waste and the Politics of Fear



Government Secrets at Rocky Flats



History, Changing Values, and Natural Resource Management



Oil Versus Wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge



Federal Grazing Policy: Some Things Never Change



Jobs vs. the Environment: Saving the Northern Spotted Owl



Addressing Commons Problems



The New England Fisheries Crisis



Climate Change: The Challenges of Formulating International Environmental Policies



Anti-Environmental Backlash Prompts New Approaches



Backlash: Wise Use, Property Rights, and the Anti-Environmental Movement



Market-Based Solutions: Acid Rain and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990



Ecosystem-Based Solutions: Restoring the Florida Everglades



Local Collaboration and Compromise: Using Habitat Conservation Plans to Save Southern California's Endangered Landscape



Conclusions


Index