The second edition of Environmental Politics: Stakeholders, Interests, and Policymakingshows students that environmental politicsis fundamentallya clash ofcompeting stakeholders interests, andenvironmental policy the result of their reconciliation.But developmentsin environmentalpolicymaking overthe past several years have been little short of earthshaking.The text not only marks changes in the formal lawmaking process itself, butcovers recent elements reshapingenvironmental politics, such as:
- the new environmentally activist posture of business
- thedramatic shift of policymaking influencefromthe federal to state and local levels
- theparticipation of new actors on the environmental policy stage, most notably the faith community
- the U-turn of organized labor, fromopponent of environmentalists to their collaborator
- the consolidation of the varying missions of environmental advocacy groups to fight global warming
- the emergence of science from its historic politicalneutralityto open advocacy
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the increasing role of both the media and the judiciary
Written by an expert with more than 25 years of smoke-filled room experience in environmental policymaking, Environmental Politics:Stakeholders, Interests, and Policymaking gives students an insider's view of how policies are forged. By examining current environmental issues through a stakeholder lens, this book not only provides a unique perspective into how policies are adopted, but also illuminatesthe transformative power of global warming as a politicalforce.
