US Environmental Policy in Action provides a comprehensive look at the creation, implementation, and evaluation of environmental policy, which is of particular importance in our current era of congressional gridlock, partisanship and polarization, and escalating debates about federal/state relations. With a continued focus on the front lines of environmental policy, Rinfret and Pautz take into account the major changes in the practice of US environmental policy during the Trump and Biden administrations. Providing real-life examples of how environmental policy works rather than solely discussing how congressional action produces environmental laws, this third edition of US Environmental Policy in Action offers a practical approach to understanding contemporary American environmental policy.
Chapter 1: Environmental Policy on the Front-Lines.- Chapter 2: Contextualizing Environmental Policy.- Chapter 3: The Messy Process of Making Environmental Policy.- Chapter 4: The Official Players in the Policy Process.- Chapter 5: The Unofficial Players in the Policy Process.- Chapter 6: Translating Vague Environmental Statues into Rules & Regulation.- Chapter 7: Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Implementing Environmental Policy.- Chapter 8: Is it Working? Evaluating the (In)Justice in Environmental Policy.- Chapter 9: Natural Resources and the Energy Policy Nexus.- Chapter 10: Food Politics & Policy.- Chapter 11: Understanding Environmental Policy from the Ground Up.
Sara R. Rinfret is Professor of Public Administration and Policy and Master of Public Administration Program Director at Northern Arizona University, USA.
Michelle C. Pautz is Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean for Curriculum and Academic Student Success at the University of Dayton, USA.
