Table of Contents

Preface
Figures, Tables, Boxes, and Maps
About the Author
1. After Earth Day
2. Making Policy: The Process
3. Making Policy: Institutions and Politics
4. Common Policy Challenges: Risk Assessment and Environmental Justice
5. More Choice: The Battle over Regulatory Economics
6. Command and Control in Action: Air and Water Pollution Regulation
7. A Regulatory Thicket: Toxic and Hazardous Substances
8. Energy: America′s Energy Politics in Transformation
9. 635 Million Acres of Politics: The Battle for Public Lands
10. Climate Change, Domestic Politics, and the Challenge of Global Policymaking
List of Abbreviations
Index

About the Author

Walter A. Rosenbaum is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Florida and director emeritus of the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service. His recent activities include an analysis of the EPA’s capacity for climate change regulation, prepared for the Brookings Institution; an examination of the data requirements for a new Federal Environmental Legacy Act; preparation of an energy policy text for CQ Press; and an analysis of U.S.energy governance for MIT Press. He has also served as a staff member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health, Tulane University Medical College. In addition to his teaching and research, he has been a consultant to the EPA, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the South Florida Ecosystem (Everglades) Restoration Project. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Environmental Studies and Sciences.