Tober considers the activities of nonprofit organizations that
attempt to influence public policy dealing with wildlife. The
author favors those organizations interested in preserving such
wildlife, rather than those that foster hunting or that assess the
value of wildlife in the context of economic development. Tober
provides sketches of the makeup of the various organizations
covered, the constituents they serve, their budgets, and the means
they use to influence public policy. The author focuses
particularly on the late 1970s and the 1980s, and uses the
controversies over preserving the California condor and the bobcat
as case studies. "Choice"
Our relationship with the millions of other species with which
we share this earth is institutionalized by many organizations,
some of which seek to influence policy in the wildlife arena.
Wildlife and the Public Interest is a study of this complex
wildlife industry, examining the structure, conduct, and
performance of those involved. It studies the extreme complexity of
the policy process with regard to the relationship between humans
and wildlife. A special focus in this book is on the role of
nonprofit organizations that have come to dominate large segments
of the industry. Students and scholars of public policy, or
environmental and resource policy, as well as the general reader
interested in this important topic, will find Wildlife and the
Public Interest an invaluable resource.
The book begins with a characterization of current wildlife
policy. Further chapters discuss the wildlife industry; What is
wildlife? How do we interact with it? What sort of organizations
exist in the interest of wildlife? Two current case studies--of the
evolution of the controversial captive breeding program for the
California Condor and of the regulation of harvest and export of
the bobcat--explore the complexities of policy making and the range
of nonprofit activity. Finally, the book examines the community of
nonprofit organizations in an interorganizational setting.
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