Environmental Politics and Policy - Softcover

Rosenbaum, Walter A. (Editor)

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9781568023359: Environmental Politics and Policy

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ISBN 10: 1568023359 ISBN 13: 9781568023359

Publisher: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1998

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This celebrated exploration of how environmental policy is made provides readers with a balanced yet critical account of how U.S. environmental policy is made and what political forces and actors shape it. In this fourth edition, Walter A. Rosenbaum covers the entire three decades of the environmental era as he extends the discussion through the Clinton years.

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About the Author:

Walter A. Rosenbaum is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, where he specializes in environmental and energy policy. He has served as a special assistant in the Office of the Assistant Administrator for Policy Planning and Evaluation at the Environmental Protection Agency and as consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy on environmental cleanup of nuclear weapons facilities. He is the author of Energy, Politics, and Public Policy, and has written numerous articles. His recent activities include research as a visiting scholar at the Center for International Studies, Harvard University, and as a fellow at the Belfer Center for Science in International Affairs. He has been a consultant to the Working Group of the South Florida (Everglades) Environmental Restoration Project and is currently a consultant to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and to Resources for the Future Press. key environmental data.

Synopsis:

A specialist in environmental and energy policy, Rosenbaum (political science, U. of Florida-Gainsville) provides a critical account of US environmental policy since the beginning of the Environmental Era in 1970. He explains how the policy is made and how political forces and actors shape it. The latest edition includes Clinton's policies, congres

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