Environmental Politics - Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy

Providing an in-depth analysis of the major stakeholders in environmental policy, this innovative book reviews the political battles over the environment from ground level - as they are fought in legislative chambers, the daily newspaper, on television, and, increasingly, on the Internet. The text views politics as a clash of interests, not ideologies, and environmental policy as a process accommodating those interests. By examining these issues through an interest group lens Environmental Politics: Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy not only accounts for what policies have been adopted but shows how readers can influence policy and effect change.

List of contents

The Changing Landscape of Environmental Politics. Legislation: Leveling the Playing Field and Leveraging the Process. Environmental Regulation and the Reinvention of EPA. The Media Business and Environmental Politics. Uncertain Science -- Uncertain Politics. State and Local Governments: The "Other" Interest Groups. The Shifting Tides of Environmental Advocacy. The Greening of Business: Politics for Profits. Global Pressures and Domestic Environmental Politics. On-line Activism and the New Environmental Politics.

About the author

Norman Miller

Summary

Providing an analysis of the major stakeholders in environmental policy, this book reviews the political battles over the environment from ground level - as they are fought in legislative chambers, the daily newspaper, on television, and, increasingly, on the Internet. It shows how readers can influence policy and effect change.

Product details

• Authors: Norman Miller
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2001
• EAN: 9781566705523
• ISBN: 978-1-56670-552-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 520 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Central / national / federal government policies, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations, Central government policies