Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices, and Opportunities.ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE RECONSIDERED: CHALLENGES, CHOICES, AND OPPORTUNITIES Edited by Robert F. Durant, Daniel J. Fiorino, and Rosemary O'Leary. 5 Cambridge Center Cambridge Center is a development complex located in the lower section of Cambridge, Massachusetts, along Broadway and Main streets. The project was started in 1979 and continues in progress to this day. , Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. 02142: MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, July 2004. (800) 405-1619. www.mitpress.mit.edu. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-262-04218-5. 536 pp. $35.00 Paperback. This survey of current issues and controversies in environmental policy and management is unique in its thematic mix, broad coverage of key debates and approaches, and in-depth analysis of concepts treated less thoroughly in other texts. The contributing authors, all distinguished scholars or practitioners, offer a comprehensive examination of key topics in environmental governance today, including perspectives from environmental economics, democratic theory, public policy, law, political science, and public administration. Many are calling for a change in the bureaucratic, adversarial, technology-based regulatory approach that is the basis for much environmental policy--a move from "rule-based" to "results-based" regulation. Each of the 13 chapters in Environmental Governance Reconsidered critically examines one aspect of this "second generation" of environmental reform, assesses its promise versus its performance to date, and points out future challenges and opportunities. The first section of the book, "Reconceptualizing Purpose," discusses the concepts of sustainability, global interdependence, the precautionary principle, and common pool resource theory. The second section, "Reconnecting with Stakeholders," examines deliberative democracy, civic environmentalism environmentalism, movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution, and control of land use. , environmental justice, property rights and regulatory takings, and environmental conflict resolution. The final section, "Redefining Administrative Rationality," analyzes devolution, regulatory flexibility, pollution prevention, and thirdparty environmental management systems auditing. This book will benefit students, scholars, managers, natural resource specialists, policy makers, and reformers, and is ideal for classroom use. Robert F. Durant is a professor of public administration at the School of Public Affairs at American University. Daniel J. Fiorino is the director of the Performance Incentives Division at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and . Rosemary O'Leary is a professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is according to U.S. News & World Report the leading [1] public policy school offering master degrees in Public Affairs in the United States. at Syracuse University. |
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