LEADER 04027nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910462328303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-74158-X 010 $a0-262-30529-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276775 035 $a(OCoLC)818734333 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10626205 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000759804 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12304305 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759804 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10784034 035 $a(PQKB)10633756 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339538 035 $a(OCoLC)820785229$z(OCoLC)818734333$z(OCoLC)961556512$z(OCoLC)962689791$z(OCoLC)975246294$z(OCoLC)975294037$z(OCoLC)988410760$z(OCoLC)991926519$z(OCoLC)1000445095$z(OCoLC)1001224378$z(OCoLC)1006288764 035 $a(OCoLC-P)820785229 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8550 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339538 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10626205 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL405408 035 $a(OCoLC)820785229 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276775 100 $a20120409d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOpen for business$b[electronic resource] $econservatives' opposition to environmental regulation /$fJudith A. Layzer 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (521 p.) 225 0$aAmerican and comparative environmental policy 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-52602-6 311 $a0-262-01827-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aA detailed analysis of the policy effects of conservatives' decades-long effort to dismantle the federal regulatory framework for environmental protection. Since the 1970's, conservative activists have invoked free markets and distrust of the federal government as part of a concerted effort to roll back environmental regulations. They have promoted a powerful antiregulatory storyline to counter environmentalists' scenario of a fragile earth in need of protection, mobilized grassroots opposition, and mounted creative legal challenges to environmental laws. But what has been the impact of all this activity on policy? In this book, Judith Layzer offers a detailed and systematic analysis of conservatives' prolonged campaign to dismantle the federal regulatory framework for environmental protection. Examining conservatives' influence from the Nixon era to the Obama administration, Layzer describes a set of increasingly sophisticated tactics--including the depiction of environmentalists as extremist elitists, a growing reliance on right-wing think tanks and media outlets, the cultivation of sympathetic litigators and judges, and the use of environmentally friendly language to describe potentially harmful activities. She argues that although conservatives have failed to repeal or revamp any of the nation's environmental statutes, they have influenced the implementation of those laws in ways that increase the risks we face, prevented or delayed action on newly recognized problems, and altered the way Americans think about environmental problems and their solutions. Layzer's analysis sheds light not only on the politics of environmental protection but also, more generally, on the interaction between ideas and institutions in the development of policy. 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zUnited States 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States 606 $aEnvironmental law$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEnvironmental conditions 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 615 0$aConservatism 615 0$aEnvironmental law 676 $a363.7/05610973 700 $aLayzer$b Judith A$0858984 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462328303321 996 $aOpen for business$91917172 997 $aUNINA