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

ISBN-13: 9781566705523 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 192 str.

Norman Miller

Opis

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. Environmental Politics: Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy gives readers an insider's view of how policies are forged. By examining these issues through an interest group lens this book not only accounts for what policies have been adopted but shows how you can influence policy and effect change.

Recenzje

"…likely to illuminate the policy-making process much better than standard texts…As a person who regularly teaches environmental policy courses at several universities, I believe that this book [will] quickly fill a need…for a better approach to presenting politics and policy. I also like the combination of a standard textbook and companion casebooks, which will allow this text to be used in a wide variety of subjects…I would personally assign and use this text for my next environmental policy course."
-Michael Catania, Esq., former Deputy Commissioner, New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Norman Miller