Environmental Politics: Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy

Environmental policy - at every stage - is the result of combat between stakeholders interested in, and affected by, the problem being addressed and the range of possible solutions. The combatants include not only the federal government, environmental advocacy groups, and business, but the media, the scientific community, think tanks, NGOs of every stripe, trade associations and professional organizations, and even state and local governments, each of whom have distinctly different interests in the resulting policy. Environmental Politics: Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy discusses political battles over the environment from ground level-as they are fought in legislative chambers, the daily newspaper, on television, and, increasingly, on the Internet. The text explores environmental politics as a clash of interests, not ideologies, and environmental policy as a result of the reconciliation of those interests. The author covers: The increasing role of the Internet in promoting populist issues and facilitating the decentralization of the environmental power structure, The evolving role of the media, from science popularizer to agenda setter, The growing influence of conservative and libertarian foundations and think tanks, The devolution of environmental power from the federal to state governments, The metamorphosis of EPA in a business-driven regulatory revolution, The effect of globalization on US environmental policy, The newly emerging role of the precautionary principle in marrying science and politics, The proliferation of legislative riders and monument designations as strategies, Written by an expert with 25 years of experience in environmental policymaking, Environmental Politics: Interest Groups, the Media, and the Making of Policy gives you an insider's view of how policies are forged. By examining these issues through an interest group lens, this book not only accounts for what policies have been adopted but also shows how you can influence policy and effect change. Book jacket.

• | Author: Norman Miller
• | Publisher: Crc Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 30, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0367578751
• | ISBN-13: 9780367578756