Understanding Environmental Administration And Law - Couverture souple

Buck, Susan J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1597260363 ISBN 13 : 9781597260367

Editeur : Island Press, 2006

Synopsis

Understanding Environmental Administration and Law provides an engaging, introductory overview of environmental policy. Author Susan J. Buck explores the process through which policy is made, the political environment in which it is applied, and the statutory and case laws that are critical to working within the regulatory system. This revised and expanded third edition adds case studies that help bring the subject to life and includes new material on:

• the Bush Administration and its approach to administering environmental laws
• the continuing evolution of environmentalism and the changing role of environmental regulation in the
• the development and implementation of environmental agreements at the international level
• the impacts and implications of globalization

Understanding Environmental Administration and Law provides a framework for understanding the law as a managerial tool.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Susan Buck is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Environmental Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Before earning her Ph.D. in public administration at Virginia Tech, she supervised the Wetlands Research Laboratory at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. In addition to Understanding Environmental Administration and Law, she has written The Global Commons (Island Press, 1998), co-authored a text in public administration, and contributed numerous articles and book chapters on environmental policy and law. Dr. Buck lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Island Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1597260363
• ISBN 13: 9781597260367
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 304
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• Personne responsable: non disponible