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Environmental Policy New Directions for the Twenty-First Century

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ISBN-10: 145220330X

ISBN-13: 9781452203300

Edition: 8th 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Norman J. Vig, Michael E. Kraft

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Available this summer in its Eighth Edition, Rosenbaum’s classic, comprehensive text once more provides definitive coverage of environmental politics and policy, lively case material, and a balanced assessment of current environmental issues. Notable revisions include: • A completely revamped energy chapter covering conventional energy policy as well as a comparative examination of alternatives to current energy production. • Expanded discussion of current U.S. climate change policy with attention to the role of the states, the impact of global environmental politics, and emerging technologies on policy alternatives. • Analysis of the Obama administration’s energy agenda and its profound…    
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Book details

List price: $42.99
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: CQ Press
Publication date: 5/29/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.430
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…    

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Preface
Contributors
Environmental Policy and Politics in Transition
Environmental Policy over Four Decades: Achievements and New Directions
Racing to the Top, the Bottom, or the Middle of the Pack? The Evolving State Government Role in Environmental Protection
"High Hopes and Bitter Disappointment": Public Discourse and the Limits of the Environmental Movement in Climate Change Politics
Federal Institutions and Policy Change
Presidential Powers and Environmental Policy
Environmental Policy in Congress
Environmental Policy in the Courts
Public Policy Dilemmas
Science, Politics, and Policy at the EPA
Conflict and Cooperation in Natural Resource Management
Applying Market Principles to Environmental Policy
Toward Sustainable Production: Finding Workable Strategies for Government and Industry
Sustainable Development and Urban Life in North America
Global and Domestic Issues and Controversies
Global Climate Change: Beyond Kyoto
Environment, Population, and the Developing World
China's Quest for a Green Economy
Environmental Security
Conclusion
Conclusion: Toward Sustainable Development?
Appendixes
Major Federal Laws on the Environment, 1969-2011
Budgets of Selected Environmental and Natural Resource Agencies, 1980-2010
Employees in Selected Federal Agencies and Departments, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010
Federal Spending on Natural Resources and the Environment, Selected Fiscal Years, 1980-2010
Author Citations Index
Subject Index