Description
US Environmental Policy: A Practical Approach to Understanding Implementation provides a comprehensive look at the creation, implementation, and evaluation of environmental policy, which is of particular importance in an era of congressional gridlock. With a focus grounded in the front-lines of environmental policy, readers are afforded examples of how environmental policy works through case studies and voices sections, thereby enriching the text’s practical approach to understanding contemporary American environmental policy. Sara R. Rinfret and Michelle C. Pautz 1. Environmental Policy in Practice 2. Contextualizing Environmental Policy 3. The Messy Process of Making Environmental Policy 4. Official Actors in the Policy Process 5. Unofficial Actors in the Policy Process 6. Translating Vague Statutes into Rules and Regulations 7. Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Implementing Environmental Policy 8. Is it Working? Evaluating Environmental Policy 9. Understanding Environmental Policy From the Ground Up
