Chesapeake Bay Blues

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ISBN: 9780742523517 | 0742523519
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/25/2003

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This book addresses the Chesapeake Bay as a political problem and reveals how the political process has worked against the interests of science, the public, and environmental advocates all at once. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Acknowledgments

List of Tables and Figures

xiii

Introduction

(3)

Stressing Politics

(2)

Organizational Structure of the Book

(3)

Part I The Chesapeake Bay and Environmental Politics

The Chesapeake Bay: Management of North America's Largest Estuary

(22)

Managing the Chesapeake Bay

(7)

The State of the Bay: A Limited Inventory of Living Resources

(10)

Conclusion

(3)

The Chesapeake Bay as a Political Dilemma: Understanding the Political Barriers to Environmental Policy

(22)

``It's the Economy, Stupid'': How Economic Primacy Influences Environmental Politics

(3)

Divided Government and the Race to the Bottom: How America's Fragmented Political System Works against Environmental Innovation

(2)

Free Riding: Understanding the Interest Group Imbalance in Environmental Politics

(4)

The Policy Cycle, Focusing Events, and Political Leaders: Making the Most of Limited Opportunities for Environmental Innovation

(3)

Putting the Pieces Together

(6)

Part II Nutrient Management and Bay Politics

Swimming against the Tide: Nutrient Reduction Efforts in the Bay Watershed

(16)

The Difficulty of Achieving Nutrient Reductions

(5)

The Scorecard: Measuring Nutrient Reduction ``Success''

(4)

Conclusion

(2)

The Political Fight for Nutrient Management Policy: The Case of Agricultural Regulation

(20)

Agricultural Nutrient Loading

(3)

Political Background: The Fight for Enforceable Agricultural Regulations in Maryland and Pennsylvania

(4)

Environmental Theory: Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Agricultural Regulation Fight

(1)

Economic Primacy and Agricultural Policy for the Bay

(2)

The Interest Group Imbalance and Agricultural Policy for the Bay

(2)

Divided Government and Agricultural Policy for the Bay

(1)

The Policy Cycle, Focusing Events, and Political Leaders: Making the Most of Limited Opportunities for Agricultural Reform

(2)

Conclusion

(3)

Part III The Blue Crab and Bay Politics

All You Can Eat? The Difficult Task of Protecting the Blue Crab

(18)

The Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

(2)

The Decline of the Blue Crab

(3)

The Basic Management Needs of the Blue Crab

(4)

Factors Complicating Blue Crab Management for the Chesapeake Bay

100

(1)

The Struggle for a Sensible Management Strategy

101

(4)

Conclusion

105

(2)

Battling over the Blue Crab: The Politics of Crab Management in Virginia and Maryland

107

(22)

Blue Crab Management in Virginia

109

(2)

Blue Crab Management in Maryland

111

(3)

Environmental Theory: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Blue Crab Management

114

(1)

Economic Primacy and Blue Crab Management for the Chesapeake Bay

115

(2)

Interest Group Politics and Blue Crab Management for the Bay

117

(3)

Divided Government and Blue Crab Management for the Bay

120

(2)

The Policy Cycle, Focusing Events, and Political Leaders: Making the Most of Limited Opportunities for Blue Crab Management

122

(3)

Conclusion

125

(4)

Part IV Learning from the Past

Toward a Brighter Future for the Chesapeake Bay

129

(15)

Ten Measures to Improve Politics for the Bay

130

(14)

Conclusion

144

(3)

Appendix: Nutrient Management and the Bay

147

(12)

Notes

159

(16)

References

175

(16)

Index

191

(14)

About the Author

205

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