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1 online resource (unpaged). |
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Independent studies in political economy |
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Independent studies in political economy.
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| Summary |
"What if what we think we know about ecology and environmental policy is just wrong? What if environmental laws often make things worse? What if the very idea of nature has been hijacked by politics? What if wilderness is something we create in our minds, as opposed to being an actual description of nature? Developing answers to these questions and developing implications of those answers are our purposes in this book. Two themes guide us--political ecology and political entrepreneurship. Combining these two concepts, which we develop in some detail, leads us to recognize that sometimes in their original design and certainly in their implementation, major U.S. environmental laws are more about opportunism and ideology than good management and environmental improvement"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Sometimes in their original design and certainly in their implementation, major U.S. environmental laws are more about opportunism and ideology than good management and environmental improvement"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 12, 2016). |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Politics, Ecology, and Entrepreneurship -- 2. Political Ecology -- 3. Environmental Political Entrepreneurship -- 4. Politics of Nature -- 5. Clean Air Act -- 6. National Environmental Policy Act -- 7. Clean Water Act -- 8. Endangered Species Act -- 9. Wilderness Act -- 10. Renewable Energy Legislation -- 11. Conclusions. |
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Environmental law -- United States.
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Bureaucracy -- United States.
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Environmental policy -- United States.
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Natural resources -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Public administration.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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LAW -- Environmental.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Bureaucracy. (OCoLC)fst00841702
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Environmental law. (OCoLC)fst00913122
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Environmental policy. (OCoLC)fst00913250
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Natural resources -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01034431
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Public administration. (OCoLC)fst01081976
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Yonk, Ryan M., author.
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Sim, Ken, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Simmons, Randy T. Nature unbound. Oakland : Independent Institute, 2016 9781598132274 (DLC) 2015047204 |
| ISBN |
9781598132298 (electronic bk.) |
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1598132296 (electronic bk.) |
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