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_bENV
245 _aEnvironmental policy:
_bnew directions for the twenty-first century /
_cedited Noman J Via
250 _a8th
260 _bSage,
_c2013.
_aNew Delhi:
300 _axvii, 460p.
505 _aPart I: Environmental policy and politics in transition. U.S. environmental policy : achievements and new directions / Michael E. Kraft and Norman J. Vig ; Racing to the top, the bottom, or the middle of the pack? : the evolving state government role in environmental protection / Barry G. Rabe ; Environmental advocacy in the Obama years : assessing new strategies for political change / Matthew C. Nisbet -- Part II: Federal institutions and policy change. Presidential powers and environmental policy / Norman J. Vig ; Environmental policy in Congress / Michael E. Kraft ; Environmental policy in the courts / Rosemary O'Leary ; The Environmental Protection Agency / Richard N.L. Andrews -- Part III: Public policy dilemmas. Energy policy : fracking, renewables, and the Keystone XL pipeline / Edward P. Weber, David Bernell, and Hilary S. Boudet ; Eating and the environment : ecological impacts of food production / Christopher J. Bosso and Nicole E. Tichenor ; Applying market principles to environmental policy / Sheila M. Olmstead ; Toward sustainable production : finding workable strategies for government and industry / Daniel Press and Daniel A. Mazmanian ; Taking sustainable cities seriously : what cities are doing / Kent E. Portney -- Part IV: Global issues and controversies. Global climate change governance : the long road to Paris / Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer ; Environment, population, and the developing world / Richard J. Tobin ; China's quest for a green economy / Kelly Sims Gallagher and Joanna I. Lewis -- Part V: Conclusion: Conclusion : Future environmental challenges and solutions / Norman J. Vig and Michael E. Kraft -- Appendixes: Appendix 1. Major federal laws on the environment, 1969-2014 ; Appendix 2. Budgets of selected environmental and natural resource agencies, 1980-2015 ; Appendix 3. Employees in selected federal agencies and departments, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010 ; Appendix 4. Federal spending on natural resources and the environment, selected fiscal years, 1980-2015.
520 _aThis text brings together top scholars to evaluate the continuities and changes in U.S. environmental policy since the late 1960s and to discuss their implications for the early twenty-first century, helping students decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape environmental politics
650 _aEnvironmental policy-United States
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