Corporate Power and the Environment

The Political Economy of U.S. Environmental Policy

George A. Gonzalez

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2001
• eBook ISBN: 9780742575387
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Public Policy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Environmental policy is broadly viewed as an oasis of democracy, unspoiled by crass capitalism and undominated by corporate interests. This book counters that view. The focus of Corporate Power and the Environment focuses on how U.S. economic elites-corporate decisionmakers and other individuals of substantial wealth-shape the content and implementation of U.S. environmental policy to their economic and political benefit. The author uses the management of the national forests and national parks, as well as wilderness preservation policies and federal clean air policies, as case studies to show corporate power in action in even the 'purest' of policy arenas.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 - The Policymaking Process
• 2 - “Practical” Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service
• 3 - The Political Economy of the National Park System
• 4 - Wilderness Preservation Policy
• 5 - Anatomy of a Wilderness Controversy
• 6 - The Legislative Process and the Clean Air Act of 1990
• Conclusion - Political Power and the Environment
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author