Federalism in the Forest - National Versus State Natural Resource Policy

Klappentext A love for nature and the forest drew Tomas Koontz to develop a keen interest in the workings of public forest management and forest policy. Beyond policy, however, this book is also about the very human issues of federalism, decentralization of control over public lands, citizen participation, and how agency policies, both state and federal, are formulated and exercised.Federalism in the Forest is the first book to examine and compare public policy performance across both state and national levels, explaining why state agencies excel at economic outputs and profitability, the management of land with state income in mind -- while national agencies are stronger in citizen participation and the inarguably important role of environmental protection. Instead of focusing on historical development of federal-state roles or on state officials as affected by national polices, Koontz shows how officials, when given authority, both make and implement policy at the state versus the national level. Although arguments fly about the decentralization of public lands -- most often based on ideology -- Koontz offers empirical evidence that demonstrates not only that devolution matters, but how. Zusammenfassung Examines and compares public policy performance across both state and national levels! explaining why state agencies excel at economic outputs and profitability! the management of land with state income in mind - while national agencies are stronger in citizen participation and the inarguably important role of environmental protection.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Tomas M. Koontz is assistant professor of environmental and natural resources policy, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tomas M Koontz, Tomas M. Koontz, Koontz Tomas M.
• Verlag: Georgetown University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 06.08.2002
• EAN: 9780878403745
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-374-5
• Seiten: 248
• Serien: American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public; American Governance and Public Policy series; American Governance and Public
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Ökologie; Sachbuch > Natur, Technik > Natur: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; USA, NATURE / Natural Resources, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Environmental Management, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Regional Government Policies, Regional, state and other local government policies