- Environmental issues are growing in concern worldwide and college courses/enrollments continue to flourish.
- No other book combines ecology, law, politics and environmental science in a way designed to inform the reader on how it all fits together.
- Discussion questions to the end of each chapter that can be used by instructors in long answer/essay examinations.
- Appendices presents broader theories of the policy process and how bills become laws. Students have found these to be a useful guide to frame their thinking about issues discussed during the course.
- Extensiveness of the topics covered enables lecturers to familiarize their students with a large number of topics in a single text.
- Clear and coherent framework to show how much environmental policy is an issue of politics (and competing values and preferences).
- Strong organization that fits course structures. Textbook begins with the policymaking process before covering specific areas of environmental policy.
- Up to date and detailed presentation of major laws and policy changes related to the main topics of environmental policy that will be of interest to students.
Zachary A. Smith is Regents' Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources Policy and Administration in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Northern Arizona University.
Peter Jacques is Professor of the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs and the National Center for Integrated Coastal Research at the University of Central Florida. His other book with Routledge is the second edition of Sustainability: The Basics.
Title: The Environmental Policy Paradox: Eighth Edition
Author: Smith, Zachary A.,Jacques, Peter
ISBN: 9780367565015
Binding:
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-11-29
Number of Pages: 470
Weight: 0.7102 kg
The Environmental Policy Paradox by Zachary A. Smith and Peter Jacques is a very well-written, comprehensive and informative textbook on the environ- mental policy-making process in the United States. This eighth edition updates and improves the already very useful, insightful and widely-recognized textbook in order to meet the changing needs and expectations of the students. I would like to recommend The Environmental Policy Paradox to all under- graduate and post-graduate students very enthusiastically.
Oktay F. Tanrisever, Chairperson, Center for Black Sea and Central Asia (KORA), Faculty Member, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University
This text offers a unique multidisciplinary approach to environmental policy challenges, ambitiously linking natural, socio-economic, and political systems. It introduces ecology and sustainability concepts, critically examines dominant social paradigms that contribute to environmental problems, and explores discourses and movements to effect change. The role of science and problems of politicization, fragmented political power and partisanship, corporate influence, and environmental injustice are key insights that help students under- stand suboptimal policies. Policy area chapters from air and water pollution to energy and land use include key national laws, the politics of their development, and ongoing regulatory conflicts and implementation issues. Global issues and cooperation are featured too.
Gina Keel, Professor of Political Science, State University of New York, Oneonta
