Environmental Federalism

Old Legacies and New Challenges
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-49094-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 279 g

In Environmental Federalism, Luke Fowler helps to refocus much-needed attention on the role of state governments in environmental policy creation and implementation in the United States. While the national government receives most of the attention when it comes to environmental policy, state governments play a vital role in protecting our natural resources. Legacy problems, like air, water, and land pollution, present one set of challenges for environmental federalism, but new problems emerging as a result of climate change further test the bounds of federal institutions.

Examining patterns of pollution and case studies from the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, Fowler explores two questions: has environmental federalism worked in managing legacy environmental problems, and can it work to manage climate change? In order to answer these questions, Fowler extends James Lester’s typology using political incentives and administrative capacities to identify four types of states (progressive, delayers, strugglers, and regressives) and assesses how they are linked to the success of federal environmental programs and conf licts in intergovernmental relations. He then considers what lessons we can learn from these programs and whether those lessons can help us better understand climate policy and multi-level institutions for environmental governance.

This timely read will be a valuable contribution to students, researchers, and scholars of political science, public policy, public administration, and environmental studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fowler, Luke

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen Öffentliches Finanz- und Rechnungswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Challenges of Shared Sovereignty 2. A Brief History of Environmental Federalism 3. The Politics of Environmental Protection 4. Administrative Challenges and the Limits of Environmental Policy in Practice 5. Progressives, Strugglers, Delayers, and Regressives 6. An Uneasy Partnership 7. The Tangled Web of Local Government 8. Same Story, Different Problem 9. Lessons Learned

Über Autor(innen)

Luke Fowler is Associate Professor in Public Policy and Administration and Director of the MPA program at Boise State University, USA. His research interests include policy implementation, collaboration and collective action, and state and local government, and he has written extensively on subnational environmental policies. His related work has appeared in the American Review of Public Administration, Environmental Politics, Governance, Journal of Environmental Planning & Management, State & Local Government Review, Policy Studies Journal, Public Administration, Publius, Public Works Management & Policy, Public Performance & Management Review, and Review of Policy Research.