Government and Environmental Politics: Essays on Historical Developments since World War Two

by Michael J. Lacey (Editor), Lacey

Overview

Government and Environmental Politics details the emergence of the new social values that gave rise to the environmental movement and examines the federal government's response to the changing ideas and needs of the American people. Chapters describe such topics as postwar environmental politics, the environmental lobbies, development of the publicly owned national park and recreation system, federal protection of endangered species, official promotion of nuclear energy, and regulation of toxic substances. The contributors are Malcolm Forbes Baldwin, Thomas R. Dunlap, Frank Gregg, Samuel P. Hays, Michael J. Lacey, Robert Cameron Mitchell, Joseph L. Sax, Christopher Schroeder, and Michael Smith.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780943875156
Publisher:	Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Publication date:	02/01/1993
Series:	Woodrow Wilson Center Press Series
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	The Environmental Revolution and the Growth of the State: Overview and Introduction	1
1	Three Decades of Environmental Politics: The Historical Context	19
2	From Conservation to Environmental Movement: The Development of the Modern Environmental Lobbies	81
3	Parks, Wilderness, and Recreation	115
4	Public Land Policy: Controversial Beginnings for the Third Century	141
5	The Federal Government's Role in the Management of Private Rural Land	183
6	The Federal Government, Wildlife, and Endangered Species	209
7	Advertising the Atom	233
8	The Evolution of Federal Regulation of Toxic Substances	263
	About the Authors	315
	Index	317

What People are Saying About This

Walter A. Rosenbaum

Comparing today's political scene with the governmental legacy of the Progressive era and the New Deal, the authors explore the social values and political trends that gave rise to the environmental movement. Chapters describe such topics as postwar environmental politics, the environmental lobbies, development of the publicly owned national park and recreation system, Federal protection of endangered species, official promotion of nuclear energy, and regulation of toxic substances. I have not seen another book that attempts to focus on so many different aspects of environmental policy in this very contemporary historical period... An original, interpretive perspective.

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Details the emergence of the new social values that gave rise to the environmental movement and examines the federal government's response to the changing ideas and needs of the American people. Comparing today's political scene with the governmental legacy of the Progressive Era and the New Deal, the authors explore the roots of the current situation, describe its distinctive features, and speculate on likely future developments. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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