Environmental Risk, Environmental Values, and Political Choices: Beyond Efficiency Trade-offs in Public Policy Analysis

by John Martin Gillroy (Editor)

Overview

Public decisions on environmental risk have traditionally been weighed in terms of the principle of efficiency and its methodologies, such as cost-benefit analysis. These original essays argue for moving beyond the market paradigm toward making policy that incorporates environmental values.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429714870
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/07/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	893 KB

About the Author

John Martin Gillroy is assistant professor and Dana Faculty Fellow in the Department of Political Science and director of the Public Policy Studies Program at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Part One Value Domains, Integrity and Policy Argument, Part Two Value Conflicts, Domain Trade-offs, and Political Cooperation, Part Three Environmental Values and the NIMBY Syndrome