The Environmental Case : Translating Values into Policy /
Judith A. Layzer, Sara R. Rinfret
- 5th ed.
- Los Angeles : SAGE | CQ Press, 2023
- xx, 644 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Through case studies, this book explores key conflicts that shape environmental policies in the United States.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1 • A Policymaking Framework: Defining Problems and Portraying Solutions in U.S. Environmental Politics Part I • Regulating Polluters Chapter 2 • The Nation Tackles Air and Water Pollution: The Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts Chapter 3 • Love Canal: Hazardous Waste and the Politics of Fear Chapter 4 • Ecosystem-Based Management in the Chesapeake Bay Chapter 5 • Market-Based Solutions: A Forgotten Success Story Part II • History, Changing Values, and Natural Resource Management Chapter 6 • Oil Versus Wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Chapter 7 • Federal Grazing Policy: Some Things Never Change Chapter 8 • Jobs Versus the Environment: Saving the Northern Spotted Owl Chapter 9 • Playground or Paradise? Snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park Chapter 10 • Lessons from the Fish: Crisis and Recovery in New England Part III • New Issues, New Politics Chapter 11 • Climate Change: The Crisis of our Time Chapter 12 • Cape Wind: If Not Here, Where? If Not Now, When? Chapter 13 • Fracking Wars: Local and State Responses to Unconventional Shale Gas Development Chapter 14 • Making Trade-Offs: Urban Sprawl and the Evolving System of Growth Management in Portland, Oregon Chapter 15 • The Salton Sea: A Desert Mirage Chapter 16 • Conclusions: Politics, Values, and Environmental Policy Change
9781506396965
Environmental policy--United States--Case studies Values and Policy