Environmental Policy and Politics - Couverture souple

Kraft, Michael E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0205745377 ISBN 13 : 9780205745371

Editeur : Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Kraft Michael E

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Michael E. Kraft
Environmental Policy and Politics, Fourth Edition

Offering an accessible overview and assessment of U.S. environmental policy and politics today, the fourth edition of Environmental Policy and Politics draws on an extensive collection of scientific studies, government reports, and policy analyses to provide the full scope of environmental issues to students. Concise yet thorough, this exciting text is unique in its field for employing a risk-based framework for policy analysis that encourages students to judge for themselves the significance of conditions and trends and the risks they pose.

New to the Fourth Edition

• All chapters have been revised and updated throughout to incorporate new scientific data on environmental conditions and trends, new reports and scholarly studies, and analysis of policy actions through the end of 2005.
• A thorough analysis of the Bush administration policy initiatives, as well as coverage of innovative state and local policies on environmental protection, energy use, and nature resource conservation.
• An examination of the most contemporary arguments and policy proposals, including use of greater market incentives, regulatory flexibility, public education, and collaborative decision-making.
• Tables, figures, boxed discussions, Web resources and other references have been updated and made more accessible to students.
• Cases and illustrations in all chapters incorporate the most recent developments.

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Covering global threats such as climate change, population growth, and loss of biodiversity, as well as national, state, and local problems of environmental pollution, energy use, and natural resource use and conservation, this exciting and unique text covers U.S. policy-making processes, the legislative and administrative settings for policy decisions, the role of interest groups and public opinion in environmental politics, and the public policies that result.

 

Offering a succinct overview and assessment of U.S. environmental policy and politics, Kraft encourages students to judge environmental problems and policy actions for themselves by summarizing extensive collections of scientific studies, government reports, and policy analyses to convey the nature of environmental problems, progress and limitations in dealing with them, and the implications of keeping or revising present policies.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0205745377
• ISBN 13: 9780205745371
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 320