Environmental Policy and Politics

by Michael E. Kraft

Covering global threats such as climate change, population growth, and loss of biodiversity, as well as national, state, and local problems of environmental pollution, energy use, and natural resource use and conservation, this exciting and unique text covers U.S. policy-making processes, the legislative and administrative settings for policy decisions, the role of interest groups and public opinion in environmental politics, and the public policies that result. Offering a succinct overview and assessment of U.S. environmental policy and politics, Kraft encourages students to judge environmental problems and policy actions for themselves by summarizing extensive collections of scientific studies, government reports, and policy analyses to convey the nature of environmental problems, progress and limitations in dealing with them, and the implications of keeping or revising present policies.

Genres: Politics, Science, Environmental Science, Environment

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Michael E. Kraft is Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs Emeritus and Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Environmental Studies Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Reviews

[Echo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dense, but readable and very informative. Lines out exactly how decisions are made, arguments are formed, and resources are allocated in our current and historical political climate, and points to ways to move forward.

Definitely not a pleasure read, but it does what it needs to do.

[Brennan Lauritzen]

I wish this textbook had more graphs, estimates of the benefits of environmental policy. In short I wish it were more economic and less a summary/history of environmental policy.

[Miranda · Rating 3 out of 5]

PLS 303: Environmental Policy & Politics

[Julie Ridings · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of great resources in the additional suggested readings at the end of each chapter.

[Nathan Salazar]

Extensive research and discussion about effective environmental policies.