The Environmental Case: Translating Values into Policy

by Layzer, Judith A.

• ISBN13: 9781568027265
• ISBN10: 1568027265
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr
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Author Biography

Judith A. Layzer is assistant professor of political science at Middle-bury College. Her research focuses on U.S. environmental politics, particularly the role of science and the use of local, collaborative decision-making processes

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(24)
Two Critical Features of U.S. Environmental Policymaking	1	(8)
Major Actors in Environmental Policymaking	9	(6)
The Environmental Policymaking Process	15	(2)
Case Selection	17	(3)
Getting the Most Out of These Cases	20	(1)
Notes	20	(4)
Recommended Reading	24	(1)
Part 1 Tackling the Issue of Pollution
The Nation Tackles Pollution: The Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Water Acts	25	(27)
Background	26	(2)
The Case	28	(17)
Outcomes	45	(1)
Conclusions	46	(1)
Questions to Consider	47	(1)
Notes	48	(3)
Recommended Reading	51	(1)
Web Sites	51	(1)
Love Canal: Hazardous Waste and the Politics of Fear	52	(26)
Background	54	(3)
The Case	57	(13)
Outcomes	70	(2)
Conclusions	72	(2)
Questions to Consider	74	(1)
Notes	74	(3)
Recommended Reading	77	(1)
Web Sites	77	(1)
Government Secrets at Rocky Flats	78	(24)
Background	79	(4)
The Case	83	(12)
Outcomes	95	(1)
Conclusions	96	(1)
Questions to Consider	97	(1)
Notes	98	(3)
Recommended Reading	101	(1)
Web Sites	101	(1)
Part 2 History, Changing Values, and Natural Resource Management
Oil Versus Wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge	102	(25)
Background	103	(4)
The Case	107	(14)
Outcomes	121	(1)
Conclusions	122	(1)
Questions to Consider	123	(1)
Notes	123	(3)
Recommended Reading	126	(1)
Web Sites	126	(1)
Federal Grazing Policy: Some Things Never Change	127	(28)
Background	128	(5)
The Case	133	(14)
Outcomes	147	(1)
Conclusions	148	(2)
Questions to Consider	150	(1)
Notes	150	(4)
Recommended Reading	154	(1)
Web Sites	154	(1)
Jobs vs. the Environment: Saving the Northern Spotted Owl	155	(28)
Background	156	(2)
The Case	158	(17)
Outcomes	175	(2)
Conclusions	177	(1)
Questions to Consider	178	(1)
Notes	179	(3)
Recommended Reading	182	(1)
Web Sites	182	(1)
Part 3 Addressing Commons Problems
The New England Fisheries Crisis	183	(26)
Background	184	(2)
The Case	186	(15)
Outcomes	201	(2)
Conclusions	203	(2)
Questions to Consider	205	(1)
Notes	205	(3)
Recommended Reading	208	(1)
Web Sites	208	(1)
Climate Change: The Challenges of Formulating International Environmental Policies	209	(29)
Background	211	(3)
The Case	214	(15)
Outcomes	229	(2)
Conclusions	231	(1)
Questions to Consider	232	(1)
Notes	232	(4)
Recommended Reading	236	(1)
Web Sites	237	(1)
Part 4 Anti-Environmental Backlash Prompts New Approaches
Backlash: Wise Use, Property Rights, and the Anti-Environmental Movement	238	(26)
Background	239	(4)
The Case	243	(13)
Outcomes	256	(1)
Conclusions	257	(2)
Questions to Consider	259	(1)
Notes	259	(4)
Recommended Reading	263	(1)
Web Sites	263	(1)
Market-Based Solutions: Acid Rain and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990	264	(25)
Background	265	(2)
The Case	267	(13)
Outcomes	280	(4)
Conclusions	284	(1)
Questions to Consider	285	(1)
Notes	285	(3)
Recommended Reading	288	(1)
Web Sites	288	(1)
Ecosystem-Based Solutions: Restoring the Florida Everglades	289	(30)
Background	290	(4)
The Case	294	(16)
Outcomes	310	(1)
Conclusions	311	(2)
Questions to Consider	313	(1)
Notes	313	(5)
Recommended Reading	318	(1)
Web Sites	318	(1)
Local Collaboration and Compromise: Using Habitat Conservation Plans to Save Southern California's Endangered Landscape	319	(29)
Background	320	(3)
The Case	323	(15)
Outcomes	338	(1)
Conclusions	339	(2)
Questions to Consider	341	(1)
Notes	341	(5)
Recommended Reading	346	(1)
Web Sites	347	(1)
Conclusions	348	(9)
The Strength of the Status Quo	348	(1)
The Importance of Building Coalitions	349	(1)
Information, Problem Definition, and Policy Change	350	(2)
Leadership	352	(1)
The Courts	353	(1)
Conclusions	354	(1)
Notes	355	(2)
Index	357