Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-first CenturyNorman J. Vig, Michael E. Kraft Contains 17 contributions, written by American professors of political science, economics, law, environmental studies, and other fields, organized into five sections: environmental policy and changing US environmental politics; the role of federal institutions in environmental policymaking; dilemmas in environmental policy formulation and implementation; global and domestic issues and controversies; and a conclusion, defining an agenda of major environmental issues and new policymaking approaches. |
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... values.1 The chapter sets out the value dimensions of contemporary environmental- ism and identifies some of the difficult issues that the acceptance of these values has helped to urge onto the political agenda.2 It also develops a ...
... values.1 The chapter sets out the value dimensions of contemporary environmental- ism and identifies some of the difficult issues that the acceptance of these values has helped to urge onto the political agenda.2 It also develops a ...
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... values are considered.5 Using opinion survey instruments , Ronald Inglehart and other social scientists have measured related shifts in popular attitudes , postulating a “ silent revolution " that entails the spread of “ postmaterialist ...
... values are considered.5 Using opinion survey instruments , Ronald Inglehart and other social scientists have measured related shifts in popular attitudes , postulating a “ silent revolution " that entails the spread of “ postmaterialist ...
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... values posed by the forces of economic globalization discussed below . The Environment and Equity The integration of environmental values and economic values has received more consideration since the late 1980s . A good deal of ...
... values posed by the forces of economic globalization discussed below . The Environment and Equity The integration of environmental values and economic values has received more consideration since the late 1980s . A good deal of ...
Contents
Environmental Policy and Politics in Transition | 1 |
The Promise and Pitfalls | 32 |
Environmental Groups and the | 55 |
Copyright | |
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