The environmental case : translating values into policy / Judith A. Layzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Layzer, Judith A.

Contributor:

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States--Case studies.

Environmental policy.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 529 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2006]

Contents:

1. Introduction : defining problems in U.S. environmental politics

Two critical features of U.S. environmental policymaking

Major actors in environmental policymaking

The environmental policymaking process

Case selection

Getting the most out of the cases

Notes

Recommended reading

pt. 1. Tackling the issues of pollution

2. The nation tackles pollution : the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts

Background

The case

Outcomes

Conclusions

Questions to consider

Web sites

3. Love Canal : hazardous waste and the politics of fear

4. Government secrets at Rocky Flats

5. Community activism and environmental justice : the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative

pt. 2. History, changing values, and resource management on public lands

6. Oil versus wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

7. Federal grazing policy : some things never change

8. Jobs versus the environment : saving the Northern spotted owl

9. Playground or paradise? : snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park

pt. 3. Addressing commons problems

10. Crisis in the New England fisheries

11. Climate change : the challenges of international environmental policymaking

12. Trade versus the environment : dolphins, turtles, and global economic expansion

pt. 4. Antienvironmental backlash and new approaches

13. Backlash : wise use, property rights, and the antienvironmental movement

14. Market-based solutions : acid rain and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

15. Ecosystem-based solutions : restoring the Florida everglades

16. Local, collaborative problem solving : using habitat conservation plans to save Southern California's endangered landscape

17. Making tradeoffs : urban sprawl and the evolving system of growth management in Portland, Oregon

18. Conclusions : politics, values, and environmental policy change

The strength of the status quo

Legislative policy change

Administrative policy change

Acknowledging the role of values

Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1568028989

9781568028989

OCLC:

62341999