Environmental Policy - by Lynton K Caldwell & Robert V Bartlett (Hardcover)

About the Book

This edited collection provides a cross-sectional review of environmental legislation and administration in the United States, with comparative chapters relating to Canada and New Zealand. The experts look at a variety of environmental issues that create policy problems, and while the book offers no blueprint or prognosis of environmental policy in the twenty-first century, it does offer insights into trends that will influence the future shape of that policy.

The book is prefaced by an overview of the environment as a problem for policy by Lynton K. Caldwell, who has been credited with inventing the term environmental policy. Experts examine the role of risk analysis in policy making; the transnational issues associated with NAFTA and GATT are discussed; and the efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency to integrate policy and administration are described. The perspective of the authors is transnational, with several chapters focusing primarily on U.S. policy.

Book Synopsis

This edited collection provides a cross-sectional review of environmental legislation and administration in the United States, with comparative chapters relating to Canada and New Zealand. The experts look at a variety of environmental issues that create policy problems, and while the book offers no blueprint or prognosis of environmental policy in the twenty-first century, it does offer insights into trends that will influence the future shape of that policy.

The book is prefaced by an overview of the environment as a problem for policy by Lynton K. Caldwell, who has been credited with inventing the term environmental policy. Experts examine the role of risk analysis in policy making; the transnational issues associated with NAFTA and GATT are discussed; and the efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency to integrate policy and administration are described. The perspective of the authors is transnational, with several chapters focusing primarily on U.S. policy.

Review Quotes

?As environmental policy expands wih globalized trade, communication, and transportation, policy makers and policy analysts require specific examples to understand general trends. This collection provides a current, well-considered sampling of issues within the international context. Very useful for upper-division undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and professional policy analysts.?-Choice

?JAPA readers who are interested in environmental policy will find this book's topics quie interesting.?-APA Journal

"JAPA readers who are interested in environmental policy will find this book's topics quie interesting."-APA Journal

"As environmental policy expands wih globalized trade, communication, and transportation, policy makers and policy analysts require specific examples to understand general trends. This collection provides a current, well-considered sampling of issues within the international context. Very useful for upper-division undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and professional policy analysts."-Choice

About the Author

LYNTON K. CALDWELL is the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science Emeritus and Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.

ROBERT V. BARTLETT is Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University.