Caribou and Conoco - Rethinking Environmental Politics in Alaska's ANWR and Beyond (Hardcover)

Step by step, this book shatters the myth that important environmental energy debates in the United States have been driven by forces too complex for the average American to comprehend. Although made up of a number of contributions, Robert McMonagle's book makes sense of the underlying political and societal forces driving contemporary environmental energy debates including the critical case of whether to drill for energy sources at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. This book aims to answer two questions by examining four case studies of the policy-making process: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; drilling on public lands in the Western United States and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico; along with a proposal to develop a commercial wind farm off the Massachusetts coast. First, what political and societal forces have shaped modern, contentious environmental energy debates in the US? Second, what do the findings reveal about the way in which environmental energy policies are made, about our institutions of government, and about the influences of the public versus elites in making policy? Dr. McMonagle finds that partisan voting in Congress is a critical factor in policy shifts, especially when symbols are used to define policy issues. Further, public opinion and the print media remain important factors in defining issues leading to legislative policy victories.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	April 2008
Authors:	Robert J. McMonagle
Dimensions:	238 x 162 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-1961-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-1961-3
Barcode:	9780739119617

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