Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century 11th Edition

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Authoritative and trusted, Environmental Policy once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and their implications for the twenty-first century. Students will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape today’s environmental politics. The Eleventh Edition examines how policy has changed within federal institutions and state and local governments, as well as how environmental governance affects private sector policies and practices. There are five new chapters in this edition that examine the public’s opinion on the environment, courts, energy policy, natural resource agencies and policies, and the political economy of green growth. The book has been updated to reflect the Trump administration′s four years of policy changes and students will walk away with a measured, yet hopeful evaluation of the future challenges that policymakers will confront as the American environmental movement continues to affect the political process. Preface About the Editors About the Contributors Part I Environmental Policy and Politics in Transition Chapter 1 US Environmental Policy: A Half-Century Assessment Chapter 2 Racing to the Top, the Bottom, or the Middle of the Pack? The Evolving State Government Role in Environmental Protection Chapter 3 Politics, Prices, and Proof: American Public Opinion on Environmental Policy Part II Federal Institutions and Policy Change Chapter 4 Presidential Powers and Environmental Policy Chapter 5 Environmental Policy in Congress Chapter 6 Environmental Policy in the Courts Chapter 7 The Environmental Protection Agency Part III Public Policy Dilemmas Chapter 8 Energy Policy Chapter 9 Natural Resource Policies in an Era of Polarized Politics Chapter 10 Applying Market Principles to Environmental Policy Chapter 11 Sustainability and Resilience in Cities: What Cities Are Doing Part IV Global Issues and Controversies Chapter 12 Global Climate Change Governance: Can the Promise of Paris Be Realized? Chapter 13 Environment, Population, and the Developing World Chapter 14 Creating the Green Economy: Government, Business, and a Sustainable Future Part V Conclusion Chapter 15 Conclusion: Environmental Policy in Crisis Appendix 1. Major Federal Laws on the Environment, 19692020 Appendix 2. Budgets of Selected Environmental and Natural Resource Agencies, 19802020 (in Billions of Nominal and Constant Dollars) Appendix 3. Employees in Selected Federal Agencies and Departments 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020 Appendix 4. Federal Spending on Natural Resources and the Environment, Selected Fiscal Years, 19802020 (in Billions of Nominal and Constant Dollars) Index