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The life cycles of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency : 1970-2035 / James K. Conant and Peter J. Balint.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conant, James K., author.
- Balint, Peter J., 1950- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--United States.
- Environmental policy.
- United States. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
- United States.
- Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.).
- United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- In this book, James K. Conant and Peter J. Balint examine the trajectory of environmental policy and administration in the United States by looking at the development of the CEQ and EPA. They look at changes in budgetary and staffing resources over time as well as the role of quality of leadership as key indicators of capacity and vitality. As well, they make correlations between the agencies' fortunes and various social, political, and economic variables.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Environmental Politics, Policy, and Administration in the United States; 2. The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Rise of Environmental Protection in the 1970s, and the Political Drama of the Next Three Decades; 3. Life Cycle Models of Organizations; 4. The Council on Environmental Quality: 1970-2010; 5. The Environmental Protection Agency: 1970-2010; 6. Comparing the Paths of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency and Assessing the Life Cycle Models
- 7. The Future of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency: 2015-2035Postscript: Sustainability and the Environmental Protection Agency; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-020373-0
- 0-19-755949-2
- 0-19-020372-2
- OCLC:
- 957125407
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