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This book examines the US Water Quality Act to determine state choice in water infrastructure policy, for researchers and policymakers.
List of contents
1. Setting the Stage: Clean Water, Federal Policy Goals, and State Choice; 2. Reagan Federalism, States' Rights, and the Revolving Loan Fund Model; 3. The Foundations of Water Quality Policy in the United States; 4. Expansion and Contraction in the Federal Role in Water Policy; 5. Features of the Water Quality Act of 1987; 6. A Model of State Implementation of the Water Quality Act of 1987; 7. Initial State Implementation of the Revolving Loan Fund Model; 8. Implementation "On the Ground": Four Case Studies; 9. The Distributional Impacts of the CWSRF: A National Analysis; 10. Promise and Performance: State Choice and National Water Quality Goals; Appendices; References; Index.
About the author
John C. Morris is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Auburn University. He has studied environmental policy and water policy for more than twenty-five years, and has published widely in public administration and public policy. He is the co-editor of Speaking Green with a Southern Accent: Environmental Management and Innovation in the South (2010), and True Green: Executive Effectiveness in the US Environmental Protection Agency (2012). He is co-editor of Building the Local Economy: Cases in Economic Development (2008); co-editor of a three-volume series Prison Privatization: The Many Facets of a Controversial Industry (2012); and Advancing Collaboration Theory: Models, Typologies, and Evidence (2016). His most recent books include The Case for Grassroots Collaboration: Social Capital and Ecosystem Restoration at the Local Level (2013, with others); State Politics and the Affordable Care Act: Choices and Decisions (2019, with others); and Organizational Motivation for Collaboration: Theory and Evidence (2019, with Diaz-Kope). In addition, he has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and reports.
Summary
The US Water Quality Act fundamentally changed the roles of the national and state governments in water quality infrastructure. This book examines the effects of those changed roles and determines the degree to which states have been able to administer their programs and meet the legislative intent of Congress.
Foreword
This book examines the US Water Quality Act to determine state choice in water infrastructure policy, for researchers and policymakers.
