The Environmental Policy Paradox - Softcover

Smith, Zachary A.

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9780132823449: The Environmental Policy Paradox

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132823446 ISBN 13: 9780132823449

Publisher: Routledge, 1992

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This book focuses on how environmental policy is formed and examines in particular US policy towards water, air, land use, agriculture, energy, hazardous waste, solid waste disposal, and international environmental problems and management. It also provides an introduction to ecosystems and the study of ecology and shows why it is important to evaluate environmental policy from a multidisciplinary perspective. The history of the environmental movement and change in public opinion are charted; the regulatory framework is evaluated; the institutional setting of the policy-making process is analyzed; and the formal means of environmental control are described.

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About the Author:

Zachary Smith is a Regents’ Professor of Political Science at Northern Arizona University. He received his BA from California State University, Fullerton and his MA and Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has taught political science and public administration at Northern Arizona University, the University of Hawaii, Ohio University and the University of California at Santa Barbara. A consultant both nationally and internationally on natural resource and environmental matters, he is the author or editor of twenty books and many articles on environmental and natural resource policy topics. He currently teaches environmental and natural resource policy and administration in the public policy Ph.D. program at Northern Arizona University. He invites students interested in pursuing graduate work in environmental or natural resources policy to visit his web page at: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~zas/

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This text provides an introduction to the policy making process in the United States with regard to air, water, land use, agriculture, energy, waste disposal, and other areas, in addition to chapters on global and international environmental issues and institutions. It explains why some environmental ideas shape policy while others do not, and illustrates that even when the best short- and long-term solutions to environmental problems are identified, the task of implementing these solutions is either left undone or is completed too late. Also included is a comprehensive history of the environmental movement.

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