Politics of Fracking - Regulatory Policy Local Community Responses to Environmental

List of contents

Preface 1. The Method of Inquiry 2. Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas in Texas and its Impacts on the Economy 3. Environmental Federalism and Federal Regulations on Fracking 4. Factors Affecting States’ Decision to Frack and State of Texas’ Regulations on Fracking 5. Fracking and Its Impacts on The Environment 6. Case Studies on Communities Oppositions to Fracking 7. Oil and Gas Industry’s Responses to Communities Oppositions 8. In Retrospect: Implications of Fracking Regulations and Communities Oppositions

About the author

Sarmistha R. Majumdar is an associate professor at Texas Southern University where she specializes in the analysis of public policies, mainly those related to transportation and environment. She teaches classes on public policies, research methods and in public administration.

Summary

This book will be an important resource for scholars of environmental and natural resource politics and policy in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Sarmistha R. Majumdar, Sarmistha R. (Sam Houston State Universi Majumdar, Sarmistha R. (Texas Southern University Majumdar
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367665401
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66540-1
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Texas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Local, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government