The Individual vs. the Public Interest: Political Ideology and National Forest Policy

ISBN-13: 9780367308513 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 250 str.

Richard M. Alston

Opis

Alston M. Richard traces the failure to achieve a unified resources policy to the seemingly incompatible ideological positions held by policymakers, economists, and foresters. He argues that it is possible to determine the proper division between private and public resource management.

Spis treści

Preface -- Currents in Forest Policy -- The Crisis in Forest Planning -- Forest Service Policy in the United States: A Survey -- The Evolution of a Philosophical Foundation for Forest Policy -- The Rise of Individualism -- The Demise of the Positive State -- The Irrational Base of Consumer Sovereignty -- The State and Society: Germany’s Perspective and Influence -- Modern Forest and Resource Economics: A Culmination of the Evolution of Ideas -- Creative Change and Integration -- The Legitimate Role of the State in Forest Policy: Alternative Views -- Planning in the Age of Organization -- Bibliographical Essay

O autorze

Dr. Richard M. Alston is Presidential Distinguished Professor of Economics at Weber State College and author of Forest: Goals and Decisionmaking in the Forest Service.