American politics and the environment / Byron W. Daynes, Glen Sussman, and Jonathan P. West.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daynes, Byron W., author.

Sussman, Glen, author.

West, Jonathan P. (Jonathan Page), 1941- author.

Series:

SUNY Press Open Access

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Environmental sciences--Political aspects--United States.

Environmental sciences.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

State University of New York Press 2016

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Changing our environmental policy has been at the forefront of many political discussions. But how can we make this change come about? In American Politics and the Environment, Second Edition, Byron W. Daynes, Glen Sussman and Jonathan P. West argue it is critical that we must understand the politics of environmental decision making and how political actors operate within political institutions. Blending behavioral and institutional approaches, each chapter combines discussion of an institution along with sidebars focusing on a particular environmental topic as well as a personal profile of a key decision maker. A central focus of this second edition is the emergence of global climate change as a key issue. Although the scientific community can provide research findings to policy makers, politics can create conflicts, tensions, and delays in the crafting of effective and necessary environmental policy responses. Daynes, Sussman, and West help us understand the role of politics in the policy making process and why institutional players such as the president, Congress, and interest groups succeed or fail in responding to important environmental challenges.

Contents:

The American political setting and the environment

American federalism and environmental politics

Case study : climate change and sea- level rise in South Florida

Personal profile : Mary Nichols and Carb : environmental champions

Public opinion, interest groups, and the environment

Case study : interest groups activism and the place of wolves in the Rocky Mountain regions

Case study : climate change and public opinion

Personal profile : Robert F Kennedy Jr

Congress, the legislative process, and the environment

Case study : cap and trade : failure to pass a climate bill

Personal profile : Senator Susan Collins: environmental defender

The environmental presidency

Personal profile : FDR and the "golden age"

Case study : leaving a legacy

Barack Obama and climate change

Executive agencies and the environment

Personal profile : Steven Chu : the scientist in charge

Case study : EPA regulations and carbon emissions

The environmental court

Personal profile : the environment : friend and supporter vs. a "slash-and-burn opponent"

Case study: the court and those dam fish : TVA vs. Hill

Case study : climate crisis is real, Mr. Limbaugh, real!

The global environment

Case study : biodiversity and endangered species

Guest essay / Christina Slentz

American politics and the environment : conclusion.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438459349

1438459343

OCLC:

951973188

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1353/book.100020

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access