Environmental Politics and Policy

This celebrated exploration of how environmental policy is made provides readers with a balanced yet critical account of how U.S. environmental policy is made and what political forces and actors shape it. In this Fourth Edition, Walter A. Rosenbaum covers the entire three decades of the environmental era as he extends the discussion through the Clinton years. Throughout, the perspective is the constant change and continuity in the politics of American environmentalism. In each chapter, new material has been added to address important changes in environmental politics and policy. Practical examples and case histories are used throughout the text, and these are updated in this new edition.

Walter A. Rosenbaum is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Florida in Gainesville and visiting professor of environmental studies, School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Michigan, where he specializes in environmental and energy policy.