In American Politics and the Environment, Second Edition, Byron W. Daynes, Glen Sussman and Jonathan P. West argue it is critical that we must understand the politics of environmental decision making and how political actors operate within ...
George W. Bush encouraged a pro-development, antiregulatory, pro-business agenda. He downplayed issues such as air and water purification, protection of wildlife, conservation, and global climate change. Environmentalists were troubled ...
In White House Politics and the Environment: Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush, Byron W. Daynes and Glen Sussman study the multitude of resources presidents can use in their attempts to set the public agenda.
Addressing these questions, Glen Sussman and Byron Daynes trace the evolution of US climate change policy, assess how key players¿the scientific community, Congress, the president, the judiciary, interest groups, the states, and the ...
Why is climate change such a divisive issue in American politics a topic that spawns debate characterized by deadlock rather than cooperation? Why has the United States exhibited a lack...
Presidents and their administrations since the 1960s have become increasingly active in environmental politics, despite their touted lack of expertise and their apparent frequent discomfort with the issue. In...
Addressing these questions, Glen Sussman and Byron Daynes trace the evolution of US climate change policy, assess how key players-the scientific community, Congress, the president, the judiciary, interest groups, the states, and the public ...
American Politics and the Environment offers a unique behavioral and institutional approach, this new book provides readers with a consistent theoretical framework they can use from chapter to chapter to help them better grasp the material.
Bringing together presidential research and social policy research this book examines six issues that continually evade compromise and resolution --abortion, pornography, gun control, affirmative action, homosexuality and...
Commended for its behavioral and institutional approach, abundance of case studies, and pedagogy, this new text offers a unique examination of the politics and political actors behind environmental policy-making. In...