The Environmental Policy Paradox

This book focuses on how environmental policy is formed and examines in particular US policy towards water, air, land use, agriculture, energy, hazardous waste, solid waste disposal, and international environmental problems and management. It also provides an introduction to ecosystems and the study of ecology and shows why it is important to evaluate environmental policy from a multidisciplinary perspective. The history of the environmental movement and change in public opinion are charted; the regulatory framework is evaluated; the institutional setting of the policy-making process is analyzed; and the formal means of environmental control are described.