US Environmental Policy in Action

Sara R. Rinfret is Professor of Public Administration and Policy and Master of Public Administration Program Director at Northern Arizona University, USA.  Michelle C. Pautz is Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean for Curriculum and Academic Student Success at the University of Dayton, USA.

• Chapter 1: Environmental Policy on the Front-Lines.- Chapter 2: Contextualizing Environmental Policy.- Chapter 3: The Messy Process of Making Environmental Policy.- Chapter 4: The Official Players in the Policy Process.- Chapter 5: The Unofficial Players in the Policy Process.- Chapter 6: Translating Vague Environmental Statues into Rules & Regulation.- Chapter 7: Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Implementing Environmental Policy.- Chapter 8: Is it Working? Evaluating the (In)Justice in Environmental Policy.- Chapter 9: Natural Resources and the Energy Policy Nexus.- Chapter 10: Food Politics & Policy.- Chapter 11: Understanding Environmental Policy from the Ground Up.