Managing the environment, managing ourselves : a history of American environmental policy / / Richard N.L. Andrews
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Andrews Richard N. L
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| Titolo: |
Managing the environment, managing ourselves : a history of American environmental policy / / Richard N.L. Andrews
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| Pubblicazione: | New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2006 |
| Edizione: | Second edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (538 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.7/050973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Environmental management - United States - History |
| Environmental policy - United States - History | |
| Gestió ambiental | |
| Política ambiental | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1 Environment and Governance -- 2 Historical Context: European Colonization and Trade -- 3 Colonial Precedents: Environment as Property -- 4 The Constitutional Framework -- 5 Land and Transport: Commercial Development as Environmental Policy -- 6 Agencies and Experts: The Beginnings of Public Management -- 7 Public Health and Urban Sanitation -- 8 Progressivism: Conservation in the Public Interest -- 9 Administering the Environment: Subgovernments and Stakeholders -- 10 Superpower and Supermarket -- 11 The Rise of Modern Environmentalism -- 12 Nationalizing Pollution Control -- 13 Reform or Reaction? The Politics of the Pendulum -- 14 The Unfinished Business of National Environmental Policy -- 15 Environmental Policy in a Global Economy -- 16 The Era of Base Politics -- 17 Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves -- Chronology -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In this book Richard N. L. Andrews looks at American environmental policy over the past four hundred years, shows how it affects environmental issues and public policy decisions today, and poses the central policy challenges for the future. This second edition brings the book up to date through President George W. Bush's first term and gives the current state of American environmental politics and policy."A guide to what every organizational decision maker, public and private, needs to know in an era in which environmental issues have become global."-Lynton K. Caldwell, Public Administration Review"A wonderful text for students and scholars of environmental history and environmental policy."-William L. Andreen, Environmental History |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Managing the environment, managing ourselves |
| ISBN: | 0-300-18669-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787656003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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