The environmental case : translating values into policy / Judith A. Layzer, Sara R. Rinfret.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Layzer, Judith A., author.

Rinfret, Sara R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States--Case studies.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

xx, 537 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Sage ; CQ Press, [2024]

Summary:

Answers to environmental issues are not black and white. Debates around policy are often among those with fundamentally different values, and the way that problems and solutions are defined plays a central role in shaping how those values are translated into policy. Through her analysis, Judith Layzer systematically explores the background, players, contributing factors, and outcomes of 15 cases, and gives readers insight into some of the most interesting and controversial issues in U.S. environmental policymaking.

Contents:

A policymaking framework : defining problems and portraying solutions in U.S. environmental politics

The nation tackles air and water pollution : the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts

Love Canal : hazardous waste and the politics of fear

Ecosystem-based management in the Chesapeake Bay

Market-based solutions : a forgotten success story : acid rain and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

Oil versus wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Federal grazing policy : some things never change

Jobs versus the environment : saving the northern spotted owl

Playground or Paradise? : snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park

Lessons from the fish : crisis and recovery in New England

Climate change : the crisis of our time

Cape Wind : if not here, where? if not now, when?

Fracking wars : local and state responses to unconventional shale gas development

Making trade-offs : urban sprawl and the evolving system of growth management in Portland, Oregon

The Salton Sea : a desert mirage

Conclusions: Politics, values, and environmental policy change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781071870235

1071870238

OCLC:

1395967903

Publisher Number:

99994759031