| Environmental Deceptions: The Tension Between Liberalism and Environmental Policymaking in the United States Contributor(s): Cahn, Matthew Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791422631 ISBN-13: 9780791422632 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Religion | Religion & Science |
| Dewey: 363.700 |
| LCCN: 94-6017 |
| Series: Suny International Environmental Policy and Theory |
| Physical Information: (0.94 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Environmental Deceptions brings together normative analysis and empirical data to explain the structural limitations liberal society places on environmental improvement. Whereas liberal society is predicated on individual self-interest, environmental legislation is predicated on communal regulation of individual property rights. Cahn's aim is to expose the tensions between American political culture and environmental regulation in an effort to make environmental policy discourse more effective. By analyzing such areas as air policy, water policy, waste policy, and energy policy, he exposes the subtle tensions that often lead to failure and explains why traditional models of environmental legislation are insufficient to resolve existing environmental dilemmas. |
