Tracing the history of the American environmental watchdog body, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since its inception in 1970, this study critically examines its actions on key environmental issues and regulations. The edition includes new chapters on the Bush and Clinton administrations.
Tracing the history of the American environmental watchdog body, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since its inception in 1970, this study cri...
In The New Politics of Public Policy, Marc Landy and Martin Levin bring together a group of leading experts to challenge the view of the Bush-Reagan era as one characterised by policy gridlock. They demonstrate that there were a surprising number of impressive policy outcomes and that many were not in the least conservative. The number and scope of these innovations, they argue, refute the conventional wisdom that the policy process in those years was biased against change, dominated by obstructionary interests, and characterised by incrementalism.
In The New Politics of Public Policy, Marc Landy and Martin Levin bring together a group of leading experts to challenge the view of the Bush-Reagan e...
Promoting competition has been a leading theme of public policy over the past 30 years. In the United States, the movement began in the 1970s with efforts to rewrite the rules for aviation, trucking, and telecommunications. Since then, many other industries have come in for similar treatment, with banking, securities, agriculture, and energy heading the list. This trend is often described as "deregulation," but "market design" is a better term. Promoting competition is not just about removing legal controls and then getting out of the way. It also requires that policymakers consciously...
Promoting competition has been a leading theme of public policy over the past 30 years. In the United States, the movement began in the 1970s with ...
This reference book sets out to provide a useful glossary to writers, reviewers and citizens interested in the EIS process. Over the last decade, environmental impact statements have devel- oped a rich, but sometimes confusing vocabulary. The purpose of this book is to help people understand and communicate more effec- tively by presenting, analyzing and comparing terminology used by various EIS organizations. This book is not a technical glossary or the standard glossary, but rather the first complete effort to assemble and examine the translation of complex technical EIS lan- guage into a...
This reference book sets out to provide a useful glossary to writers, reviewers and citizens interested in the EIS process. Over the last decade, envi...
