Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis
pAuthoritative and classic, the seventh edition ofem Environmental Policy/em once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the impact of past environmental policy while anticipating its future implications, helping readers decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape environmental politics. /ppThis new edition represents the most extensive revision to date: five new chapters include coverage of national security and the environment, China s environmental problems, domestic and international actions on climate change, conflicts over U.S. natural resource policies and collaborative ecosystem management, and the role of economics and market incentives in environmental policy. Incorporating analysis of the eight years under George W. Bush and a look ahead to the Barack Obama administration, all chapters include new scholarship, case studies, poll data, court rulings, congressional actions, agency decisions, and other events at the international, national, state, and local levels. With its clear, engaging writing, this tried and true reader makes great environmental research and scholarship accessible to an undergraduate audience./ppemEnvironmental Policy/em includes new coverage of: /pullinational energy policy /liliclimate change /liliimplementation of the Endangered Species Act /liliexploration for oil and natural gas on public lands /liliecosystem management /lilithe role of science in environmental policy /lilicourt decisions that challenge administrative rulemaking /lilithe greening of industry/liliurban sustainability initiatives /lilithe environmental effects of national security decisions /lilieconomic development and the environment/li
