Government Vs. Environment

by Leal, Donald R.; Meiners, Roger E.; Morriss, Andrew P.; Gerard, David E.; Fretwell, Holly Lippke; Grewell, J Bishop; Landry, Clay J.; Brown, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780742521803
• ISBN10: 074252180X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-09
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Many Americans today view the government as the savior of the environment. When it comes to protecting land, fish, and wildlife, the common response is to let government do it. The contributors to Government Versus the Environment encourage us to consider government in a different light by looking at clear instances of public programs that foster environmental destruction. They provide an in-depth look at of how the political process can adversely impact the quality of our environment and argue that the government's track record in managing natural resources has been and continues to be abysmal. The case studies in Government Versus the Environment will cause readers to think twice about the all-too-familiar calls for more government for the sake of the environment.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Prologue	p. ix
Greener Pastures? The Defective Attraction of Federal Environmental Policy	p. 1
Silent Springs and Silent Villages: Pesticides and the Trampling of Property Rights	p. 15
Fueling the Race to the Fish	p. 39
Federal Flood Policies: 150 Years of Environmental Mischief	p. 59
Unplugging the Everglades	p. 79
War on Wildlife	p. 97
The Untouchables: America's National Forests	p. 123
Banking on Disaster: The World Bank and Environmental Destruction	p. 145
All Play and No Pay: The Adverse Effects of Welfare Recreation	p. 163
Castles in the Sand: The Army Corps of Engineers and Federal Beach Replenishment	p. 179
Index	p. 197
About the Political Economy Forum Series	p. 203
About the Contributors	p. 205
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