The environmental case : translating the values into policy / Judith A. Layzer

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction: Defining the Problems in U.S. Environmental Politics -- Part 1 Tackling the Issue of Pollution -- Part 2 History, Changing Values, and Resource Management on Public Lands -- Part 3 Addressing Common Problems -- Part 4 Antienvironment Backlash and New Approaches -- Conclusion: Politics, Values, and Environmental -- Notes -- Index -- About the author

"The Environmental Case gives readers a unique, first-hand feel for some of the most interesting and illuminating controversies in U.S. environmental policymaking―including the disaster at Love Canal, the dispute over snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park, and the global warming debate. Through 16 carefully constructed cases, Layzer covers the spectrum of environmental issues, from habitat conservation, air and water pollution, and overfishing to environmental justice and urban growth management. Each case elucidates various aspects of the U.S. political system but is also linked to the others by two main themes: environmental conflicts are, at heart, conflicts between advocates with fundamentally different values, and the way problems are framed in politics plays a central role in shaping how those values get translated into policies."