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Kent E. Portney

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Controversial Issues in Environmental Policy Science vs. Economics vs. Politics
Kent E. Portney

Synopsis:
Political disagreements about how the U.S. government has and should respond to environmental problems in a national and global context lays the foundation for discussion in Controversial Issues in Environmental Policy. Kent Portney shows how value disputes have found their way into the policy-making process, pitting the values of science, technology, and economics against the practice of politics. Within this context, the author examines how the American government makes environmental policy-at federal and state levels, as well as their enforcement agencies designed to protect and regulate the environment. A succinct description is offered of the processes followed by federal agencies, especially the processes and problems found in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Portney also discusses legislation, public opinion, implementation, and non- implementation over water, air, and soil management issues, such as acid rain, ozone depletion, air and water quality, and hazardous waste.
 

Controversial Issues in Public Policy, Volume 1
ISBN 0-8039-4221-4 cloth / ISBN 0-8039- 4222-2 paper

Controversial Issues in Public Policy Series Editors:
DENNIS PALUMBO and RITA MAE KELLY, both at Arizona State University

Volume in the Series

  1. Controversial Issues in Environmental Policy: Science vs. Economic vs. Politics
    by Kent E. Portney
  2. Controversial Issues in Energy Policy
    by Alfred A. Marcus
  3. Controversial Issues in Social Welfare Policy: Government and the Pursuit of Happiness
    by Carl P. Chelf
  4. Controversial Issues in Educational Policy
    by Louann A. Bieerlein A. Bierlein
  5. Controversial Issues in Economic Regulatory Policy
    by Marcia Lynn Whicker
SAGE Publications
International Educational and Professional Publisher
Newbury Park London New Delhi

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