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Business and Environmental Policy Corporate Interests in the American Political System

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ISBN-10: 0262612186

ISBN-13: 9780262612180

Edition: 2007

Authors: Michael E. Kraft, Sheldon Kamieniecki, Sheldon Kamieniecki, Sheldon Kamieniecki, Christopher J. Bosso

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It is well known that American businesses make an effort to influence environmental policy by attempting to set the political agenda and to influence regulations and legislation. This book examines what is not so well known: the extent to which business succeeds in its policy interventions. In Business and Environmental Policy,a team of distinguished scholars systematically analyzes corporate influence at all stages of the policy process, focusing on the factors that determine the success or failure of business lobbying in Congress, state legislatures, local governments, federal and state agencies, and the courts. These experts consider whether business influence is effectively…    
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Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/23/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.86" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Michael E. Kraft is professor emeritus of political science and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He is the author of, among other works, Environmental Policy and Politics, 6th ed. (2015) and coauthor of Coming Clean: Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance (2011), with Mark Stephan and Troy D. Abel. In addition, he is the coeditor of Environmental Policy: New Directions in the 21st Century, 9th ed. (2016), with Norman J. Vig; Toward Sustainable Communities: Transition and Transformations in Environmental Policy, 2nd ed. (2009), with Daniel A. Mazmanian; and Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the American Political System (2007) and…    

Sheldon Kamieniecki is Dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University ofCalifornia, Santa Cruz. He is the author or editor of many other books.

Series Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Analyzing the Role of Business in Environmental Policy
Agenda Setting: Public Opinion, the Media, and Elections
Framing ANWR: Citizens, Consumers, and the Privileged Position of Business
Business, Elections, and the Environment
Policy Formulation and Adoption: The U.S. Congress
Deep Freeze: How Business Has Shaped the Global Warming Debate in Congress
Congress and Clean Air Policy
Policy Implementation in Administrative Agencies
Businesses and the Environment: Influencing Agency Policymaking
Business Interests and Information in Environmental Rulemaking
Policy Intervention through the Courts
Business and Environmental Policy in the Federal Courts
Industry's Use of the Courts
Policymaking at the State and Local Level
Business Influence in State-Level Environmental Policy
Local Business and Environmental Policies in Cities
Overview and Implications for the Future
Conclusions: The Influence of Business on Environmental Politics and Policy
Index