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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813628403321

Titolo

Business and environmental policy : corporate interests in the American political system / / edited by Michael E. Kraft and Sheldon Kamieniecki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-09820-9

9786612098208

0-262-27757-3

1-4294-6564-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

American and comparative environmental policy

Altri autori (Persone)

KraftMichael E

KamienieckiSheldon

Disciplina

333.70973

Soggetti

Corporations - Political aspects - United States

Business and politics - United States

Legislation - United States

Corporate power - United States

Environmental policy - United States

Industrial management - Environmental aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series Foreword; Preface; Contributors; I - Introduction; 1 - Analyzing the Role of Business in Environmental Policy; II - Agenda Setting: Public Opinion, the Media, and Elections; 2 - Framing ANWR: Citizens, Consumers, and the Privileged Position of Business; 3 - Business, Elections, and the Environment; III - Policy Formulation and Adoption: The U.S. Congress; 4 - Deep Freeze: How Business Has Shaped the Global Warming Debate in Congress; 5 - Congress and Clean Air Policy; IV - Policy Implementation in Administrative Agencies

6 - Businesses and the Environment: Influencing Agency Policymaking7 - Business Interests and Information in Environmental Rulemaking; V - Policy Intervention through the Courts; 8 - Business and Environmental Policy in the Federal Courts; 9 - Industry's Use of the Courts; VI - Policymaking at the State and Local Level; 10 - Business Influence in State-Level Environmental Policy; 11 - Local Business and



Environmental Policies in Cities; VII - Overview and Implications for the Future; 12 - Conclusions: The Influence of Business on Environmental Politics and Policy; Index