Environmental politics : interest groups, the media, and the making of policy / Norman Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Norman, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

xvii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

Environmental policy -- at every stage -- is the result of combat between stakeholders interested in, and affected by, the problem being addressed and the range of possible solutions. The combatants include not only the federal government, environmental advocacy groups, and business, but the media, the scientific community, think tanks, NGOs of every stripe, trade associations and professional organizations, and even state and local governments, each of whom have distinctly different interests in the resulting policy.

Environmental Politics: Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy discusses political battles over the environment from ground level -- as they are fought in legislative chambers, the daily newspaper, on television, and, increasingly, on the Internet. The text explores environmental politics as a clash of interests, not ideologies, and environmental policy as a result of the reconciliation of those interests.

Written by an expert with 25 years of experience in environmental policymaking, Environmental Politics: Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy gives you an insider's view of how policies are forged. By examining these issues through an interest group lens, this book not only accounts for what policies have been adopted but also shows how you can influence policy and effect change.

Contents:

1. The Changing Landscape of Environmental Politics 1

2. Legislation: Leveling the Playing Field and Leveraging the Process 13

3. Environmental Regulation and the Reinvention of the EPA 31

4. The Media Business and Environmental Politics 53

5. Uncertain Science

Uncertain Politics 65

6. State and Local Governments: The "Other" Interest Groups 81

7. The Shifting Tides of Environmental Advocacy 91

8. The Greening of Business: Politics for Profits 111

9. Global Pressures and Domestic Environmental Politics 129

10. On-Line Activism and the New Environmental Politics 137.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-162) and index.

ISBN:

1566705525

1566705225

OCLC:

47056405