Environmental Case - Translating Values Into Policy

Informationen zum Autor Judith A. Layzer is assistant professor of environmental policy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on U.S. environmental politics! particularly on the role of science and the use of ecosystem management and other collaborative approaches to environmental policy. Klappentext Environmental policy cannot be seen in just black and white! but instead contains many shades of gray. Environmental battles-even the most heated-are essentially conflicts among those with fundamentally different values! and how problems are framed in politics plays a central role in shaping how these values are translated into policies. Judith Layzer explores these two main themes in environmental policy making in the anticipated third edition of The Environmental Case. Through its 16 carefully constructed cases! the book gives readers a first-hand look at some of the most interesting and illuminating controversies in U.S. environmental policy making. New to this edition! Layzer expands the final section of her book to consider the issue of resilience in the face of a changing climate. This third edition features fully revised and updated case studies! as well as three brand-new cases: Cape Wind and Alternative Energy! Ecosystem-Based Management in the Chesapeake Bay! and the restoration of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Lazyer provides maps! tables! figures! questions to consider! recommended readings! and useful websites to help students think critically about environmental policy and to facilitate further research. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroduction: Defining Problems in U.S. Environmental PoliticsPart 1. Tackling the Issue of PollutionThe Nation Tackles Pollution: The Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Clean Water ActsLove Canal: Hazardous Waste and the Politics of FearCommunity Activism and Environmental Justice: The Dudley Street Neighborhood InitiativePart 2. History! Changing Values! and Resource Management on Public LandsOil versus Wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife RefugeFederal Grazing Policy: Some Things Never ChangeJobs versus the Environment: Saving the Northern Spotted OwlPlayground or Paradise? Snowmobiles in Yellowstone National ParkPart 3. Addressing Commons ProblemsCrisis and Recovery in the New England FisheriesClimate Change: The Challenges of International Environmental Policy MakingCape Wind: If Not Here! Where? If Not Now! When?Trade versus the Environment: Dolphins! Turtles! and Global Economic ExpansionPart 4. Antienvironmental Backlash and New Approaches: Incentives! Restoration! and ResilienceBacklash: Wise Use! Property Rights! and the Antienvironmental MovementMarket-Based Solutions: Acid Rain and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990Ecosystem-Based Management in the Chesapeake BayMaking Tradeoffs: Urban Sprawl and the Evolving System of Growth Management in Portland! OregonHurricane Katrina Hits New Orleans: Disaster! Restoration! and ResilienceConclusions: Politics! Values! and Environmental Policy Change ...

Product details

• Authors: Judith A. Layzer
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.06.2011
• EAN: 9781604266122
• ISBN: 978-1-60426-612-2
• No. of pages: 616
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Politics / Current Events