Environmental Policy

by Vig, Norman J.; Kraft, Michael E.

• ISBN13: 9781568026985
• ISBN10: 1568026986
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	x
I. Environmental Policy and Politics in Transition
Environmental Policy from the 1970s to the Twenty-First Century	1	(32)
Michael E. Kraft
Norman J. Vig
Power to the States: The Promise and Pitfalls of Decentralization	33	(24)
Barry G. Rabe
Environmental Sustainability and Urban Life in America	57	(22)
Robert Paehlke
The Boundaries and Contours of American Environmental Activism	79	(24)
Christopher J. Bosso
Deborah Lynn Guber
II. Federal Institutions and Policy Change
Presidential Leadership and the Environment	103	(24)
Norman J. Vig
Environmental Policy in Congress: From Consensus to Gridlock	127	(24)
Michael E. Kraft
Environmental Policy in the Courts	151	(24)
Rosemary O'Leary
Still Reforming after All These Years: George W. Bush's ``New Era'' at the EPA	175	(26)
Walter A. Rosenbaum
III. Public Policy Dilemmas
Economics, Incentives, and Environmental Policy	201	(22)
A. Myrick Freeman III
Risk-Based Decision Making	223	(26)
Richard N. L. Andrews
Environmental Justice: Normative Concerns, Empirical Evidence, and Government Action	249	(26)
Evan J. Ringquist
Understanding the Transition to a Sustainable Economy	275	(24)
Daniel Press
Daniel A. Mazmanian
IV. Global and Domestic Issues and Controversies
Climate Policy on the Installment Plan	299	(26)
Lamont C. Hempel
A New Era in Natural Resource Policies?	325	(22)
William R. Lowry
Environment, Population, and the Developing World	347	(24)
Richard J. Tobin
International Trade and Environmental Regulation	371	(20)
David Vogel
V. Conclusion
Toward Sustainable Development?	391	(18)
Norman J. Vig
Michael E. Kraft
Appendixes	409	(10)
Index	419