The Environmental Policy Paradox

Updated in its seventh edition, The Environmental Policy Paradox provides an introduction to the policy-making process in the United States with regard to air, water, land use, agriculture, energy, and waste disposal, while introducing readers to both environmental issues and institutions. The text explains why some environmental ideas shape policy while others do not, and illustrates that even when the best solutions to environmental problems are identified, implementation is often left undone or is completed too late. Readers are presented with a comprehensive history of the environmental movement paired with the most up-to-date account of environmental policy available today.