The environmental case: translating values into policy

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. Through her analysis, Judith Layzer systematically explores the background, players, contributing factors, and outcomes of 15 cases, and gives readers insight into some of the most interesting and controversial issues in U.S. environmental policymaking.

Chapter 1: A Policymaking Framework: Defining Problems and Portraying Solutions in U.S. Environmental Politics<br /> Two Critical Features of U.S. Environmental Policymaking<br /> Major Actors in Environmental Policymaking<br /> The Environmental Policymaking Process<br /> Case Selection<br /> Getting the Most Out of the Cases<br /> Notes<br />Part 1: Regulating Polluters<br />Chapter 2: The Nation Tackles Air and Water Pollution: The Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 3: Love Canal: Hazardous Waste and the Politics of Fear<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 4: Ecosystem-Based Management in the Chesapeake Bay<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 5: Market-Based Solutions: Acid Rain and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Part 2: History, Changing Values, and Natural Resource Management<br />Chapter 6: Oil Versus Wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 7: Federal Grazing Policy: Some Things Never Change<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 8: Jobs Versus the Environment: Saving the Northern Spotted Owl<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 9: Playground or Paradise? Snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 10: Crisis and Recovery in the New England Fisheries<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 11: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster: The High Cost of Offshore Oil<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Part 3: New Issues, New Politics<br />Chapter 12: Climate Change: The Challenges of International Environmental Policymaking<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 13: Cape Wind: If Not Here, Where? If Not Now, When?<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 14: Fracking Wars: Local and State Responses to Unconventional Shale Gas Development<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 15: Making Tradeoffs: Urban Sprawl and the Evolving System of Growth Management in Portland, Oregon<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 16: Hurricane Katrina Hits New Orleans: Disaster, Restoration, and Resilience<br /> Background<br /> The Case<br /> Outcomes<br /> Conclusions<br /> Questions to Consider<br /> Notes<br />Chapter 17: Conclusions: Politics, Values, and Environmental Policy Change<br /> The Strength of the Status Quo<br /> Legislative Policy Change<br /> Administrative Policy Change<br /> Acknowledging the Role of Values<br /> Notes<br />

Chapter 1: A Policymaking Framework: Defining Problems and Portraying Solutions in U.S. Environmental Politics; Two Critical Features of U.S.

Environmental Policymaking; Major Actors in Environmental Policymaking; The Environmental Policymaking Process; Case Selection; Getting the Most Out of the Cases; Notes; Part 1: Regulating Polluters; Chapter 2: The Nation Tackles Air and Water Pollution: The Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts; Background; The Case; Outcomes; Conclusions; Questions to Consider; Notes; Chapter 3: Love Canal: Hazardous Waste and the Politics of Fear; Background; The Case; Outcomes; Conclusions; Questions to Consider; Notes; Chapter 4: Ecosystem-Based Management in the Chesapeake Bay; Background; The Case; Outcomes; Conclusions; Questions to Consider; Notes; Chapter 5: Market-Based Solutions: Acid Rain and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; Background; The Case;

Outcomes; Conclusions; Questions to Consider; Notes; Part 2: History, Changing Values,

And Natural Resource Management; Chapter 6: Oil Versus Wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Background; The Case; Outcomes; Conclusions; Questions to Consider; No…