Environmental Case Translating Values into Policy

Name: Environmental Case Translating Values into Policy
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ISBN: 9781604266122

ISBN-10: 1604266120

ISBN-13: 9781604266122

Edition: 3rd 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Judith A. Layzer

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Environmental policy cannot be seen in just black and white, but instead contains many shades of gray. Environmental battles-even the most heated-are essentially conflicts among those with fundamentally different values, and how problems are framed in politics plays a central role in shaping how these values are translated into policies. Judith Layzer explores these two main themes in environmental policy making in the anticipated third edition of The Environmental Case. Through its 16 carefully constructed cases, the book gives readers a first-hand look at some of the most interesting and illuminating controversies in U.S. environmental policy making. New to this edition, Layzer expands…

Book details

List price: $64.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: CQ Press
Publication date: 4/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 616
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.628
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: Defining Problems in U.S. Environmental Politics



Tackling the Issue of Pollution


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


Love Canal: Hazardous Waste and the Politics of Fear


Community Activism and Environmental Justice: The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative



History, Changing Values, and Resource Management on Public Lands


Oil versus Wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge


Federal Grazing Policy: Some Things Never Change


Jobs versus the Environment: Saving the Northern Spotted Owl


Playground or Paradise? Snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park



Addressing Commons Problems


Crisis and Recovery in the New England Fisheries


Climate Change: The Challenges of International Environmental Policy Making


Cape Wind: If Not Here, Where? If Not Now, When?


Trade versus the Environment: Dolphins, Turtles, and Global Economic Expansion



Antienvironmental Backlash and New Approaches: Incentives, Restoration, and Resilience


Backlash: Wise Use, Property Rights, and the Antienvironmental Movement


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


Ecosystem-Based Management in the Chesapeake Bay


Making Tradeoffs: Urban Sprawl and the Evolving System of Growth Management in Portland, Oregon


Hurricane Katrina Hits New Orleans: Disaster, Restoration, and Resilience


Conclusions: Politics, Values, and Environmental Policy Change