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Environmental policy and governance in an era of climate change

By: Nowlin, Matthew C
Series: Politics of American public policy.Publisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, c2019.Description: xv, 280 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781138216938; 9781138216723Subject(s): Environmental policy | Climatic changes -- Government policyDDC classification: 363.705610973 NO EN Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
As the world considers how to deal with the impacts of a changing climate, it's vital that we understand how the United States' policymaking process addresses environmental issues. A mix of existing theory and original analysis, Environmental Policymaking in an Era of Climate Change applies recent policy scholarship to questions of environmental governance, with a particular focus on climate change. The book examines how competing political actors influence policies within and across institutions, focusing on both a macro-level, where formal bodies set the agenda and a meso-level, where issues are contained within policy subsystems. Divided into two sections, the book incorporates insights from political science and public policy to provide the reader with a better understanding of how environmental policy decisions are made. Part I offers a framework for understanding environmental policymaking, exploring the history of environmental policy, and discussing the importance of values in environmental policy. Part II applies the framework to the issue of climate change, focusing on agenda-setting and the role of formal institutions in the policymaking process, covering topics that include Congress, the Executive and Judicial branches, and how climate change cuts across policy subsystem boundaries. By placing specific climate change case studies in a broader context, Environmental Policymaking in an Era of Climate Change will help students enrolled in political science, public administration, public policy, and environmental studies courses - as well as all those interested in the impacts of policy on climate change - to understand what is, and will likely continue to be, one of the most pressing policy issues of our time.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA. Available via World Wide Web.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Foundations
1.Introduction
2.A Framework for Environmental Policymaking
3.The Green State and the Climate Change Era
4.Value Systems and Environmental Policy
pt. II The Environmental Policymaking System and Climate Policy
5.Agenda-Setting and Issue Definitions in Climate Change Policymaking
6.Pathways and Pivots: Macro-Institutions and Climate Change Policy
7.The Networked Subsystems, Institutions, and Actors of the Climate Change Regime
8.Conclusion

As the world considers how to deal with the impacts of a changing climate, it's vital that we understand how the United States' policymaking process addresses environmental issues. A mix of existing theory and original analysis, Environmental Policymaking in an Era of Climate Change applies recent policy scholarship to questions of environmental governance, with a particular focus on climate change. The book examines how competing political actors influence policies within and across institutions, focusing on both a macro-level, where formal bodies set the agenda and a meso-level, where issues are contained within policy subsystems. Divided into two sections, the book incorporates insights from political science and public policy to provide the reader with a better understanding of how environmental policy decisions are made. Part I offers a framework for understanding environmental policymaking, exploring the history of environmental policy, and discussing the importance of values in environmental policy. Part II applies the framework to the issue of climate change, focusing on agenda-setting and the role of formal institutions in the policymaking process, covering topics that include Congress, the Executive and Judicial branches, and how climate change cuts across policy subsystem boundaries. By placing specific climate change case studies in a broader context, Environmental Policymaking in an Era of Climate Change will help students enrolled in political science, public administration, public policy, and environmental studies courses - as well as all those interested in the impacts of policy on climate change - to understand what is, and will likely continue to be, one of the most pressing policy issues of our time.

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