Environmental Protection at the State Level: Politics and Progress in Controlling Pollution / Edition 1

by Evan J. Ringquist

Overview

Why do some states enact stronger pollution control progammes than others? And, do stronger controls have identifiable impacts on environmental quality in these states? This work seeks to answer these question by means of combining data, methods and theory from the natural and social sciences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563242045
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/31/1993
Series:	Bureaucracies, Public Administration, and Public Policy Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Unanswered Questions in Environmental Policy; Chapter 1a The Context of Environmental Policy; Chapter 2 A Brief History of Pollution Control Policy; Chapter 3 State Roles in Environmental Policy; Chapter 4 An Integrated Theory of State Policy; Chapter 5 The Politics of State Air Quality Regulation; Chapter 6 Environmental Outcomes of State Air Quality Regulation; Chapter 7 The Politics of State Water Quality Regulation; Chapter 8 Policy Outcomes in Surface Water Regulation; Chapter 9 Politics, Progress, and Prospects for Pollution Control;

Editorial Reviews

An outgrowth of the author's Ph.D. dissertation (U. of Wisconsin), this volume describes in some detail the role that states play in environmental policy, and provides a rigorous empirical investigation into the causes and consequences of state air and water quality regulation. The introduction discusses the state of knowledge regarding environmental policy, or the questions that previous work in this policy area have left unanswered. Paper edition (204-4), $25. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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