Environmental Policy

New Directions for the Twenty-First Century

Michael E. Kraft, Barry G. Rabe, Norman J. Vig

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781071902103
• eBook ISBN: 9781071902141
• Edition: 12
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Environment & Energy Policy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

As environmental issues continue to become more prevalent in society and surrounding policy challenges become more complex, Environmental Policy once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and their implications for current policy. Students will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape today's environmental politics as they evaluate approaches to future challenges.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Brief Contents
• Detailed Contents
• Preface
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Part I Environmental Policy and Politics in Transition
• 1 U.S. Environmental Policy: An Overview
• 2 Racing to the Top, the Bottom, or the Middle of the Pack?: The Evolving State Government Role in Environmental Protection
• 3 Priorities, Preferences, and Policy: Twenty-First Century American Public Opinion on the Environment
• Part II Federal Institutions and Policy Change
• 4 Presidential Powers and Environmental Policy
• 5 Environmental Policy in Congress
• 6 Environmental Policy in the Courts
• 7 The Environmental Protection Agency
• Part III Public Policy Dilemmas
• 8 Energy Policy
• 9 Natural Resource Policies in an Era of Polarized Politics
• 10 Applying Market Principles to Environmental Policy
• 11 Sustainability in Cities
• Part IV Global Issues and Controversies
• 12 Global Climate Change Governance: Where Next, After Paris?
• 13 Environment, Population, and the Developing World
• 14 Creating the Green Economy: Government, Business, and a Sustainable Future
• Part V Conclusion
• 15 Conclusion: Emerging Challenges in Environmental Policy
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Index