This book investigates the consequences of redundant state and
federal environmental regulations in the United States. Drawing on
the most exhaustive statistical analysis of US federal wetland
permits ever constructed, the book uncovers the disjointed world of
wetland regulation. The author starts by examining the
socioeconomic and environmental factors driving individuals to
apply for environmental regulatory permits and the regional
inconsistencies encountered in federal environmental regulatory
program performance. The book goes on to demonstrate that states
have more power in federal relationships than scholars often
believe and that individual state policies are important even in a
time of strong federal governance. Evidence shows that such
intergovernmental redundancy serves to increase overall regulatory
program effectiveness. This book breaks new ground in the subjects
of federalism and environmental regulation by rejecting the
traditional approach of picking winners and losers in favour of a
nuanced demonstration of how redundancy and collaboration between
different levels of governance can make for more effective
governmental programs. The book is also innovative in its use of
the perspectives of regulated citizens not as a point of judgment,
but as a means of introducing a constructive new way of thinking
about political and administrative boundaries within a federalist
system of governance. The book provides relevant context to wider
political debates about excessive and duplicative regulatory
oversight and will be of interest to Environmental Policy students
and administrators.
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