Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century

Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century

<p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Authoritative and trusted, <strong>Environmental Policy</strong> 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. You will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints, and policy dilemmas that shape today’s environmental politics.<br/> <br/> </span></p> <p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span>The <strong>Tenth Edition</strong> 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.</span></p>