The Oxford handbook of U.S. environmental policy

The Oxford handbook of U.S. environmental policy / edited by Sheldon Kamieniecki and Michael E. Kraft.

Prior to the Nixon administration, environmental policy in the United States was rudimentary at best. Since then, it has evolved into one of the primary concerns of governmental policy from the federal to the local level. As scientific expertise on the environment rapidly developed, Americans became...

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Other Authors: Kamieniecki, Sheldon (Editor), Kraft, Michael E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Environmental policy > United States > History.
Environmentalism > United States > History.
Environmental policy
Environmentalism
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The evolution of environmental policy: major concepts, ideas, and movements
  • Governing capacity and environmental challenges
  • Government institutions and policy making
  • The role of informal political actors
  • Policy approaches and analytic tools
  • Conclusion.

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