Pressing environmental challenges frequently have stakeholders on
all sides of the issues. Opinions expressed by government agencies,
the private sector, special interests, nonprofit communities, and
the media, among others can quickly cloud the dialogue, leaving one
to wonder how policy decisions actually come about. In
Environmental Policy Analysis and Practice, Michael R. Greenberg
cuts through the complicated layers of bureaucracy, science, and
the public interest to show how all policy considerations can be
broken down according to six specific factors: the reaction of
elected government officials, the reactions of the public and
special interests, knowledge developed by scientists and engineers,
economics, ethical imperatives, and time pressure to make a
decision. The book is organized into two parts, with the first part
defining and illustrating each one of these six criteria. Greenberg
draws on examples such as nuclear power, pesticides, brownfield
redevelopment, gasoline additives, and environmental cancer, but
focuses on how these subjects can be analyzed rather than
exclusively on the issues themselves. Part two goes on to describe
a set of over twenty tools that are used widely in policy analysis,
including risk assessment, environmental impact analysis, public
opinion surveys, cost-benefit analysis, and others. These tools are
described and then illustrated with examples from part one. Weaving
together an impressive combination of practical advice and engaging
first person accounts from government officials, administrators,
and leaders in the fields of public health and medicine, this
clearly written volume stands as a leading text in environmental
policy. Michael R. Greenberg has studied environmental policy for
almost forty years and is a professor and associate dean at the
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. He is the author and coauthor of numerous books,
including The Reporter's Environmental Handbook (Rutgers University
Press).
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