Environmental Policy

Authoritative and trusted,A Environmental PolicyA once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes andA continuitiesA in American environmental policy since the late 1960sA and their implications for the twenty-first century.A Students will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape todays environmental politics.The Tenth Edition examines how policy has changed within federal institutions and state and local governments, as well as how environmental governance affects private sector policies and practices. The book provides in-depth examinations of public policy dilemmas including fracking, food production, urban sustainability, and the viability of using market solutions to address policy challenges. Students will also develop a deeper understanding of global issues such as climate change governance, the implications of the Paris Agreement, and the role of environmental policy in the developing world. Students walk away with a measured yet hopeful evaluation of the future challenges policymakers will confront as the American environmental movement continues to affect the political process.