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Controversial Issues In Environmental Policy: Science vs. Economics vs. Politics (Controversial Issues in Public Policy)
Controversial Issues In Environmental Policy Science vs Economics vs Politics - Controversial Issues in Public Policy Author:Kent E. Portney Most controversies in environmental policy are rooted in clashes of values involving science and technology versus humanism, economic efficiency versis humanism, the role of nature in society and the role of government in society. All of these value disputes have found their way into the policy making process pitting the values of science, techn... more »ology and economics against the practice of politics. Within this context Kent Portney discusses how America makes environmental policy - at the Federal and State levels as well as their enforcement agencies designed to protect and regulate at the same time. portney examines legislation, public opinion, implementation or non-implementation as the case may be, relative to the debates over water, air and soil management.« less