Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Nature unbound, bureaucracy vs the environment, Randy T. Simmons, Ryan M. Yonk, and Kenneth J. Sim

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-270) and index

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Randy T. Simmons, Ryan M. Yonk, and Kenneth J. Sim

bureaucracy vs the environment

"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"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

Politics, ecology, and entrepreneurship -- Political ecology -- Environmental political entrepreneurship -- The politics of nature -- The clean air act -- The national environmental policy act -- The clean water act -- The endangered species act -- The wilderness act -- Renewable energy legislation -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Federal Land Policy

Nature Unbound: Bureaucracy and the Environment