02739nam 2200529 a 450 991100845570332120230901223144.01-4833-7116-61-4833-4520-31-4833-7115-8(CKB)2670000000574869(MiAaPQ)EBC1994463(OCoLC)881264430(StDuBDS)EDZ0000159484(BIP)84455386(BIP)7507343(EXLCZ)99267000000057486920130912h20022002 fy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEnvironmental choices policy responses to Green demands /Lawrence S. RothenbergWashington, D.C. CQ Pressc2002Washington, D.C. :CQ Press,2002.©20021 online resource (xvii, 281 pages) illustrations1-56802-630-7 1-322-28232-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Environmental policy in context: economic demand, political supply Environmental action, environmental caution: the case for government intervention A brief history of U.S. environmental policy National political influences on environmental policy Developing and enforcing environmental policy National or local control: conflicts over environmental federalism Land use agencies: government as landlord The EPA: government as regulator The costs of environmental progressWithin a federal system, government agencies and regulatory policies can be fractured -- even at odds with each other. National actors share power with their counterparts in states and localities, as do presidents with Congressional leaders, and bureaucrats with judges. Understanding the broad economic and political contexts of environmental policymaking illuminates the motivations behind policy choices of various interested parties, from the National Park Service and the EPA to environmental activists and members of Congress. Rothenberg utilizes basic economic ideas to provide, not only a fresh look at how the U.S. deals with environmental ills, but a way of thinking about policy making in general.Environmental policyUnited StatesEnvironmental qualityUnited StatesEnvironmentalismUnited StatesEnvironmental policyEnvironmental qualityEnvironmentalism363.70560973Rothenberg Lawrence S147612StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9911008455703321Environmental choices4396265UNINA