Environmental Politics Domestic and Global Dimensions

by Vaughn, Jacqueline

• ISBN13: 9780534618759
• ISBN10: 0534618758
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-27
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

An Environmental Politics Timeline. Preface. About the Author. Introduction. 1. A Historical Framework for Environmental Protection. 2. Participants in the Environmental Debate. 3. The Political Process. 4. Public and Private Lands. 5. Waste Management and the Global Toxics Legacy. 6. The Politics of Energy. 7. Managing Water Resources. 8. Air Quality: Pollution and Solutions. 9. Biodiversity. 10. The Global Commons. 11. The Human Explosion: Managing Population Growth. 12. Emerging Issues in the Twenty-First Century. Appendix A: Major United States Environmental Legislation, 1947-2002. Appendix B: Major International Environmental Agreements, 1900-2002. Appendix C: Environmental Film Resources. Index.

Author Biography

Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer is an associate professor in the department of political science at Northern Arizona University.

Table of Contents

A Environmental Politics Time Line Inside Front Cover
Preface	v
List of Tables	xiii
List of Figures	xiv
About the Author	xv
Introduction	1	(10)
CHAPTER 1 Historical Framework for Environmental Protection	11	(26)
Germination of an Idea: From the Colonial Period to 1900	12	(3)
Progressive Reforms and Conservationism:1900-1945	15	(2)
Recreation and the Age of Ecology: Post-World War II to 1969	17	(2)
Earth Days and Deregulation: 1970-1992	19	(4)
Global Awareness and Gridlock: 1993-2230	23	(5)
Rollback: 2001-	28	(2)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: Allan K. Fitzsimmons	30	(2)
Notes	32	(3)
For Further Reading	35	(2)
CHAPTER 2 Participants in the Environmental Debate	37	(30)
U.S. Environmental Organizations	38	(4)
The Environmental Justice Movement	42	(2)
Radical Environmentalism and Deep Ecology	44	(2)
Environmental Opposition in the United States	46	(4)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: The National Association of Homebuilders	50	(3)
The Global Dimension	53	(3)
Green Political Parties	56	(3)
International Governmental Organizations	59	(2)
Transnational Advocacy Networks	61	(1)
Notes	62	(2)
For Further Reading	64	(3)
CHAPTER 3 The Political Process	67	(38)
The Executive Branch Agencies	69	(4)
Presidential Leadership	73	(11)
Congressional Policy Making	84	(2)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: John Chafee	86	(5)
Courts and Environmental Politics	91	(2)
State and Local Policy Making	93	(3)
The Media and the Environment	96	(2)
Cyberspace and Policy Making	98	(1)
Notes	99	(4)
For Further Reading	103	(2)
CHAPTER 4 Public and Private Lands	105	(34)
The Public Lands	107	(1)
"The Best Idea America Ever Had": The National Parks	108	(5)
U.S. Timber Management Policy	113	(3)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: Gloria Flora	116	(4)
Grazing Rights and Wrongs	120	(4)
Ecological Restoration	124	(3)
Mining Law and Public Lands	127	(2)
Private Property and Public Lands	129	(3)
Trends in Land Use and Management	132	(1)
Notes	133	(3)
For Further Reading	136	(3)
CHAPTER 5 Waste Management and the Global Toxics Legacy	139	(30)
The Nature of Waste: Generation and Disposal	140	(1)
The Universe of Wastes	141	(8)
RCRA and Superfund	149	(5)
Brownfields	154	(1)
Yucca Mountain and Nuclear Waste	154	(3)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: Kenny C. Guinn	157	(1)
Cleaning Up Military Waste	158	(2)
The Global Dimension	160	(4)
American Policy Stalled: Too Little, Too Late	164	(1)
Notes	165	(1)
For Further Reading	166	(3)
CHAPTER 6 The Politics of Energy	169	(26)
The Energy Pie	171	(5)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: Dennis Weaver	176	(2)
The Nuclear Power Debate	178	(2)
CAFE Standards	180	(1)
The California Experience	181	(1)
The History of Policy Paralysis	182	(6)
The Global Dimension	188	(3)
Notes	191	(2)
For Further Reading	193	(2)
CHAPTER 7 Managing Water Resources	195	(30)
Water Scarcity in Global Context	196	(2)
Water Resource Management in the United States	198	(5)
Impacts and Solutions	203	(1)
Wetlands	204	(2)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: The East Prairie Project	206	(3)
The Nature and Causes of Water Pollution	209	(3)
The Politics of Water Quality	212	(4)
Toxic Contamination	216	(3)
The Global Dimension	219	(2)
Notes	221	(2)
For Further Reading	223	(2)
CHAPTER 8 Air Quality: Pollution and Solutions	225	(30)
Assessing Air Pollution	229	(3)
The Responsibility Dilemma	232	(4)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: John Dingell and Henry Waxman	236	(5)
Assessing the Impact of Pollution	241	(1)
Toxic Air Pollutants	242	(2)
Visibility	244	(3)
Transboundary Air Pollution	247	(3)
Notes	250	(3)
For Further Reading	253	(2)
CHAPTER 9 Biodiversity	255	(28)
Protective Legislation	257	(3)
The Making of Wildlife Policy	260	(6)
The Role of Organized Interests	266	(1)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: Kieran Suckling	267	(2)
International Biodiversity Agreements and Policies	269	(5)
Protecting the World's Forests	274	(5)
Notes	279	(2)
For Further Reading	281	(2)
CHAPTER 10 The Global Commons	283	(26)
The Atmosphere	284	(2)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: David Suzuki	286	(1)
Global Climate Change	287	(7)
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion	294	(4)
The Oceans	298	(4)
Protecting the Seas from Pollution	302	(2)
Notes	304	(2)
For Further Reading	306	(3)
CHAPTER 11 The Human Explosion: Managing Population Growth	309	(22)
The Role of the United States	310	(2)
Population and Sustainability	312	(2)
Trends in Population and Projections	314	(4)
U.S. Population Trends and Policies	318	(2)
Global Family Planning Efforts	320	(1)
ANOTHER VIEW, ANOTHER VOICE: The Alan Guttmacher Institute	321	(4)
Implications for Policymakers	325	(2)
Notes	327	(1)
For Further Reading	328	(3)
CHAPTER 12 Emerging Issues in Environmental Policy	331	(12)
Biopiracy and Genetic Patents	331	(3)
Biosafety and the Precautionary Principle	334	(1)
Grazing Permit Buyouts	335	(2)
Hydropolitics	337	(2)
Sprawling Out	339	(1)
Notes	340	(1)
For Further Reading	341	(2)
APPENDIX A Major U.S. Environmental Legislation, 1947-2002	343	(4)
APPENDIX B Major International Environmental Agreements, 1900-2002	347	(2)
APPENDIX C Environmental Film Resources	349	(4)
INDEX	353
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