Environmental case translating values into policy

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : defining problems 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 -- Recommended reading -- pt. 1. Tackling the issues of pollution -- 2. The nation tackles pollution : the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 3. Love Canal : hazardous waste and the politics of fear -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 4. Government secrets at Rocky Flats -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 5. Community activism and environmental justice : the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- pt. 2. History, changing values, and resource management on public lands -- 6. Oil versus wilderness in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 7. Federal grazing policy : some things never change -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 8. Jobs versus the environment : saving the Northern spotted owl -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 9. Playground or paradise? : snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites --

pt. 3. Addressing commons problems -- 10. Crisis in the New England fisheries -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 11. Climate change : the challenges of international environmental policymaking -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 12. Trade versus the environment : dolphins, turtles, and global economic expansion -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- pt. 4. Antienvironmental backlash and new approaches -- 13. Backlash : wise use, property rights, and the antienvironmental movement -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 14. Market-based solutions : acid rain and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 15. Ecosystem-based solutions : restoring the Florida everglades -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 16. Local, collaborative problem solving : using habitat conservation plans to save Southern California's endangered landscape -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 17. Making tradeoffs : urban sprawl and the evolving system of growth management in Portland, Oregon -- Background -- The case -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- Questions to consider -- Notes -- Recommended reading -- Web sites -- 18. Conclusions : politics, values, and environmental policy change -- The strength of the status quo -- Legislative policy change -- Administrative policy change -- Acknowledging the role of values -- Notes.