Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves A History of American Environmental Policy

Name: Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves A History of American Environmental Policy
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ISBN: 9780300111248

ISBN-10: 030011124X

ISBN-13: 9780300111248

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Annotated)

Authors: Richard N. L. Andrews

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In this book Richard N. L. Andrews looks at American environmental policy over the past four hundred years, shows how it affects environmental issues and public policy decisions today, and poses the central policy challenges for the future. This second edition brings the book up to date through President George W. Bush's first term and gives the current state of American environmental politics and policy. "A guide to what every organizational decision maker, public and private, needs to know in an era in which environmental issues have become global."--Lynton K. Caldwell, "Public Administration Review" "A wonderful text for students and scholars of environmental history and environmental…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/18/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 0.71" wide x 0.99" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition



Environment and Governance



Historical Context: European Colonization and Trade



Colonial Precedents: Environment as Property



The Constitutional Framework



Land and Transport: Commercial Development as Environmental Policy



Agencies and Experts: The Beginnings of Public Management



Public Health and Urban Sanitation



Progressivism: Conservation in the Public Interest



Administering the Environment: Subgovernments and Stakeholders



Superpower and Supermarket



The Rise of Modern Environmentalism



Nationalizing Pollution Control



Reform or Reaction? The Politics of the Pendulum



The Unfinished Business of National Environmental Policy



Environmental Policy in a Global Economy



The Era of Base Politics



Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves


Chronology


Notes


References


Index