The Lilliputians Of Environmental Regulation

Author : Michelle C. Pautz,Sara Rinfret
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136501746

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The Lilliputians of Environmental Regulation by Michelle C. Pautz,Sara Rinfret Pdf

When we think about environmental policy and regulation in the U.S., our attention invariably falls on the federal level and, more specifically, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Although such a focus is understandable, it neglects the actors most responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the nation's environmental laws - the states. Recognition of the importance of the states still ignores an even smaller subsection of actors, inspectors. These front-line actors in state environmental agencies are the individuals responsible for writing environmental rules and ensuring compliance with those rules. They play an important role in the environmental regulatory state. With data collected from more than 1,200 inspectors across 17 states, Michelle C. Pautz and Sara R. Rinfret take a closer look at these neglected actors to better understand how environmental regulators perceive the regulated community and how they characterize their interactions with them. In doing so, they explore the role these front-line actors play, what it is like to be them, what they think of their place in the environmental regulatory system, and how they interact with the regulated community. An original, timely and unmatched volume advancing the debate on the future of environmental regulation in the U.S.

Author : Judith A. Layzer,Sara R. Rinfret
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781506396972

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The Environmental Case by Judith A. Layzer,Sara R. Rinfret Pdf

Answers to environmental issues are not black and white. Debates around policy are often among those with fundamentally different values, and the way that problems and solutions are defined plays a central role in shaping how those values are translated into policy. The Environmental Case captures the real-world complexity of creating environmental policy, and this much-anticipated Fifth Edition contains fifteen carefully constructed cases. Through her analysis, Sara Rinfret explores the background, players, contributing factors, and outcomes of each case, and gives readers insight into some of the most interesting and controversial issues in U.S. environmental policymaking.

Author : Sara R. Rinfret
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781439920190

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Who Really Makes Environmental Policy? by Sara R. Rinfret Pdf

"This edited volume provides students with an explanation of federal and state rulemaking processes and regulatory policy and why this context is important specifically for U.S. environmental policy. It also includes illustrative case studies in each chapter that will allow students to apply theory to practice"--

Author : Norman J. Vig,Michael E. Kraft
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781506383477

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Environmental Policy by Norman J. Vig,Michael E. Kraft Pdf

Authoritative and trusted, Environmental Policy once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and their implications for the twenty-first century. Students will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape today’s 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.

Author : Michael E. Kraft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000394726

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Environmental Policy and Politics by Michael E. Kraft Pdf

For more than twenty years, Environmental Policy and Politics has kept instructors and students abreast of the challenges presented by contemporary environmental, energy, and natural resource problems in the United States. Now in its eighth edition, Michael E. Kraft has updated his definitive text to capture the changing nature of environmental problems as well as policy proposals made through 2020. Drawing from work within environmental science, policy analysis, and political science, this text continues to help readers think critically about how best to address problems through a variety of public policy tools and strategies at all levels of government. Important updates to this new edition include: • The latest information about environmental challenges and governmental responses to them, with extensive citation of key sources and websites. • Key political and policy decisions through late 2020, including presidential appointments, budgetary decisions, major legislative initiatives, and congressional actions. • New learning objectives to facilitate student understanding of key concepts and their applications, arguments advanced over environmental challenges and policies, and the goals and methods of environmental policy analysis. • Coverage of new topics that have emerged during the Trump presidency, including the Clean Power Plan repeal and reduction of environmental regulation, climate change, land conservation, changes in natural resources policies, and a comparison of the Republican and Democratic positions on climate change in 2020. • Updated summaries of scientific studies, government reports, and policy analyses. • Revised discussion questions and new suggested readings. Environmental Policy and Politics is an essential resource for upper level undergraduate and graduate students in political science and environmental studies looking for an accessible, well-researched, and up-to-date text, written with style and flair.

Author : Michael E. Kraft,Barry G. Rabe,Norman J. Vig
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781071902141

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Environmental Policy by Michael E. Kraft,Barry G. Rabe,Norman J. Vig Pdf

As environmental issues continue to become more prevalent in society and surrounding policy challenges become more complex, Environmental Policy once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and their implications for current policy. Students will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape today’s environmental politics as they evaluate approaches to future challenges.

Author : Daniel J. Fiorino
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780262062565

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The New Environmental Regulation by Daniel J. Fiorino Pdf

Winner, 2007 Louis Brownlow Award presented by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and 2006 Best Book in Environmental Management and Policy, American Society for Public Administration. Environmental regulation in the United States has succeeded, to a certain extent, in solving the problems it was designed to address; air, water, and land, are indisputably cleaner and in better condition than they would be without the environmental controls put in place since 1970. But Daniel Fiorino argues in The New Environmental Regulationthat—given recent environmental, economic, and social changes—it is time for a new, more effective model of environmental problem solving. Fiorino provides a comprehensive but concise overview of U.S. environmental regulation—its history, its rationale, and its application—and offers recommendations for a more collaborative, flexible, and performance-based alternative. Traditional environmental regulation was based on the increasingly outdated assumption that environmental protection and business are irreversibly at odds. The new environmental regulation Fiorino describes is based on performance rather than on a narrow definition of compliance and uses such policy instruments as market incentives and performance measurement. It takes into consideration differences in the willingness and capabilities of different firms to meet their environmental obligations, and it encourages innovation by allowing regulated industries, especially the better performers, more flexibility in how they achieve environmental goals. Fiorino points to specific programs—including the 33/50 Program, innovative permitting, and the use of covenants as environmental policy instruments in the Netherlands—that have successfully pioneered these new strategies. By bringing together such a wide range of research and real world examples, Fiorino has created an invaluable resource for practitioners and scholars and an engaging text for environmental policy courses.

Author : Ted Gayer,John K. Horowitz
Publisher : Now Publishers Inc
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781933019376

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Market-based Approaches to Environmental Regulation by Ted Gayer,John K. Horowitz Pdf

Market-based Approaches to Environmental Regulation reviews the economics literature of market-based environmental regulations and design issues for environmental taxes and cap-and-trade systems. It begins by reviewing the economics literature on the theory of market-based environmental regulations. It then goes on to cover design issues for environmental taxes and cap-and-trade systems. Market-based Approaches to Environmental Regulation also discusses the U.S. experience with a number of regulatory approaches that are commonly characterized as market-based and describes the mix of market and non-market instruments that characterize these policies. Market-based Approaches to Environmental Regulation will be of interest to all researchers and practitioners in the field of environmental regulation.

Author : Sara R. Rinfret,Michelle C. Pautz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031175039

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US Environmental Policy in Action by Sara R. Rinfret,Michelle C. Pautz Pdf

US Environmental Policy in Action provides a comprehensive look at the creation, implementation, and evaluation of environmental policy, which is of particular importance in our current era of congressional gridlock, partisanship and polarization, and escalating debates about federal/state relations. With a continued focus on the front lines of environmental policy, Rinfret and Pautz take into account the major changes in the practice of US environmental policy during the Trump and Biden administrations. Providing real-life examples of how environmental policy works rather than solely discussing how congressional action produces environmental laws, this third edition of US Environmental Policy in Action offers a practical approach to understanding contemporary American environmental policy.

Author : Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy Charles D Kolstad
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195189650

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Moving to Markets in Environmental Regulation by Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy Charles D Kolstad Pdf

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Author : Marc Allen Eisner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015066740419

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Governing the Environment by Marc Allen Eisner Pdf

This comprehensive overview of US environmental regulation?from the inception of the EPA through the current Bush administration?goes beyond traditional texts to consider alternatives to the existing regulatory regime, as well as the challenges posed by the global nature of environmental issues.Thoughtful and even-handed, Governing the Environment covers the full range of topics relevant to our understanding of current environmental policy. Clear, concise chapters move from the context of environmental policy to regulatory design, reform efforts, and notable private-sector innovations.In the process, the author argues that we?ve taken conventional environmental regulation as far as we can go?that we need to look for alternative ways of governing the environment, involving corporations that have expertise in the areas of technology, products, and markets. But, he cautions, there must be a careful integration of private-sector initiatives and public regulation.A notable feature of the text is an examination of the difficulties inherent in managing global environmental problems. Exploring recent efforts toward global environmental governance in the face of competing economic demands, the final section considers the ways in which a system of governance might compensate for the lack of effective international regulatory institutions.Marc Allen Eisner is Henry Merritt Wriston Chair of Public Policy in the Government Department at Wesleyan University. His publications include Antitrust and the Triumph of Economics and Contemporary Regulatory Policy, 2nd Edition.Contents: Environmental Protection and Governance: An Introduction. Environmental Policy and Politics. A Primer on Environmental Protection. The Environmental Policy Subsystem. The Evolution of Regulatory Design and Reform. Regulatory Design and Performance. Regulatory Reform or Reversal. Reinventing Regulation: Flexibility in an Iron Cage. Voluntarism and the End of Reform. The Emerging System of Green Governance. From Greed to Green: Corporate Environmentalism and Management. Green by Association: Code- and Standards-Based Self-Regulation. Public-Private Hybrids and Environmental Governance. Regulating the Global Commons from the Bottom Up. Beyond the Tragedy of the Global Commons. From Montreal to Kyoto. Sustainable Development: Managing the Unmanageable. Conclusion. Green Governance and the Future of Environmental Protection.

Author : Robert V. Percival
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1202 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Environmental law
ISBN : 0735557861

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Environmental Regulation by Robert V. Percival Pdf

Author : Peter Cleary Yeager
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993-08-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521448816

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The Limits of Law by Peter Cleary Yeager Pdf

An analysis of the development of US water pollution laws, showing how legal processes and social relations interact as the state struggles to reconcile contradictory responsibilities.

Author : Imad A. Moosa,Vikash Ramiah
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782549246

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The Costs and Benefits of Environmental Regulation by Imad A. Moosa,Vikash Ramiah Pdf

øThe authors present an extensive survey of the empirical evidence on the determinants of environmental performance as well as the effects of environmental regulation on the costs of production, plant location, firm-level productivity, stock prices and

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 7278 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780081022962

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International Encyclopedia of Human Geography by Anonim Pdf

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, Fourteen Volume Set embraces diversity by design and captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors—in other words, the things that make people and places different. Questions of, for example, politics, economics, race relations and migration are introduced and discussed through a geographical lens. This updated edition will assist readers in their research by providing factual information, historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, reviews of literature, and provocative topical discussions that will stimulate creative thinking. Presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on the topic of human geography Contains extensive scope and depth of coverage Emphasizes how geographers interact with, understand and contribute to problem-solving in the contemporary world Places an emphasis on how geography is relevant in a social and interdisciplinary context