Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves : A History of American Environmental Policy, Second Edition

In this book Richard N. L. Andrews looks at American environmental policy over the past four hundred years, shows how it affects environmental issues and public policy decisions today, and poses the central policy challenges for the future. This second edition brings the book up to date through President George W. Bush’s first term and gives the current state of American environmental politics and policy. “A guide to what every organizational decision maker, public and private, needs to know in an era in which environmental issues have become global.”—Lynton K. Caldwell, __Public Administration Review__"A wonderful text for students and scholars of environmental history and environmental policy.”—William L. Andreen, __Environmental History__ Contents 7 Preface to the Second Edition 9 Preface to the First Edition 13 1 Environment and Governance 21 2 Historical Context: European Colonization and Trade 34 3 Colonial Precedents: Environment as Property 48 4 The Constitutional Framework 71 5 Land and Transport: Commercial Development as Environmental Policy 91 6 Agencies and Experts: The Beginnings of Public Management 114 7 Public Health and Urban Sanitation 129 8 Progressivism: Conservation in the Public Interest 156 9 Administering the Environment: Subgovernments and Stakeholders 174 10 Superpower and Supermarket 199 11 The Rise of Modern Environmentalism 221 12 Nationalizing Pollution Control 247 13 Reform or Reaction? The Politics of the Pendulum 275 14 The Unfinished Business of National Environmental Policy 304 15 Environmental Policy in a Global Economy 337 16 The Era of Base Politics 370 17 Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves 416 Chronology 431 Notes 457 References 499 Index 523 In this book Richard N. L. Andrews looks at American environmental policy over the past four hundred years, shows how it affects environmental issues and public policy decisions today, and poses the central policy challenges for the future. This second edition brings the book up to date through President George W. Bush’s first term and gives the current state of American environmental politics and policy.
“A guide to what every organizational decision maker, public and private, needs to know in an era in which environmental issues have become global.”—Lynton K. Caldwell, Public Administration Review
"A wonderful text for students and scholars of environmental history and environmental policy.”—William L. Andreen, Environmental History In this book Richard N. L. Andrews looks at American environmental policy over the past four hundred years, shows how it affects environmental issues and public policy decisions today, and poses the central policy challenges for the future. This second edition brings the book up to date through President George W. Bush’s first term and gives the current state of American environmental politics and policy. “A guide to what every organizational decision maker, public and private, needs to know in an era in which environmental issues have become global.”—Lynton K. Caldwell, Public Administration Review "A wonderful text for students and scholars of environmental history and environmental policy.”—William L. Andreen, Environmental History In this book Richard N.L. Andrews looks at American environmental policy over the past four hundred years, shows how it affects environmental issues and public policy decisions today, and poses the central policy challenges for the future. This second edition brings the book up to date through President George W. Bush's first term and presents the current state of American environmental politics and policy "Bush's first term and presents the current state of American environmental politics and policy."--Jacket