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Environmental Policy and Politics, 4/E
Michael E. Kraft

ISBN-10: 0321243536
ISBN-13: 9780321243539

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 320 pp
Published: 08/02/2006

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Concise and yet thorough, Environmental Policy and Politics is an interdisciplinary, engaging, and up-to-date examination of environmental, natural resource, and energy policy and politics.

Drawing from work within environmental science, policy analysis, and political science, this text critically assesses the key strengths and weaknesses of policymaking processes today, as well as the promise of new policy approaches. Arguing that strong public support is necessary for achieving environmental policy goals, the Fourth Edition stresses the opportunities available to all citizens to influence environmental politics at every level of government.

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Comprehensive and thorough enough to be used as the main text, but inexpensive and brief enough to be used as a supplement.

Examines the latest critical arguments about environmental policies and proposals of new policy approaches.

Material is presented objectively so that students are encouraged to draw their own conclusions about the severity of environmental problems and the response of the political system to these problems.

Well-developed chapter introductions and conclusions help to clarify chapter material and maintain the overall flow of the argument and organization of the book.

New To This Edition

All chapters have been revised and updated throughout to incorporate new scientific data on environmental conditions and trends, new reports and scholarly studies, and analysis of policy actions through 2005.
A thorough analysis of the Bush administration policy initiatives is included, as well as coverage of innovate state and local policies on environmental protection, energy use, and nature resource conservation.
Examination of the most contemporary arguments and policy proposals is offered, including use of greater market incentives, regulatory flexibility, public education, and collaborative decision-making.

Tables, figures, boxed discussions, Web resources and other references have been updated and made more accessible to students.
Cases and illustrations in all chapters incorporate the most recent developments.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Environmental Problems and Politics

Chapter 2: Judging the State of the Environment

Chapter 3: Making Environmental Policy

Chapter 4: The Evolution of Environmental Policy and Politics

Chapter 5: Environmental Protection Policy: Controlling Pollution

Chapter 6: Energy and Natural Resource Policies

Chapter 7: New Directions in Environmental Policy

Chapter 8: International Environmental Policy and Politics

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Public Policy [ISSUES] (Political Science)
Environmental Politics (Political Science)

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Covering global threats such as climate change, population growth, and loss of biodiversity, as well as national, state, and local problems of environmental pollution, energy use, and natural resource use and conservation, this exciting and unique text covers U.S. policy-making processes, the legislative and administrative settings for policy decisions, the role of interest groups and public opinion in environmental politics, and the public policies that result.

Offering a succinct overview and assessment of U.S. environmental policy and politics, Kraft encourages students to judge environmental problems and policy actions for themselves by summarizing extensive collections of scientific studies, government reports, and policy analyses to convey the nature of environmental problems, progress and limitations in dealing with them, and the implications of keeping or revising present policies.

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Michael E. Kraft
Environmental Policy and Politics, Fourth Edition

Offering an accessible overview and assessment of U.S. environmental policy and politics today, the fourth edition of Environmental Policy and Politics draws on an extensive collection of scientific studies, government reports, and policy analyses to provide the full scope of environmental issues to students. Concise yet thorough, this exciting text is unique in its field for employing a risk-based framework for policy analysis that encourages students to judge for themselves the significance of conditions and trends and the risks they pose.

New to the Fourth Edition

All chapters have been revised and updated throughout to incorporate new scientific data on environmental conditions and trends, new reports and scholarly studies, and analysis of policy actions through the end of 2005.
A thorough analysis of the Bush administration policy initiatives, as well as coverage of innovative state and local policies on environmental protection, energy use, and nature resource conservation.
An examination of the most contemporary arguments and policy proposals, including use of greater market incentives, regulatory flexibility, public education, and collaborative decision-making.
Tables, figures, boxed discussions, Web resources and other references have been updated and made more accessible to students.
Cases and illustrations in all chapters incorporate the most recent developments.

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