James Hamilton

Conserving Data in the Conservation Reserve

How a Regulatory Program Runs on Imperfect Information

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Produktbeschreibung

Enrolling over 30 million acres, the US Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is the largest conservation program in the United States. This title explores the role of information in the policy cycle as it relates to the CRP, as well as the role of information, including 'hidden information,' in the design and implementation of regulatory policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781933115818
• ISBN-10: 1933115815
• Artikelnr.: 27428473

Autorenporträt

James T. Hamilton is the Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy, at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University and Director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy. His prior books include Regulation Through Revelation: The Origin, Politics, and Impacts of the Toxics Release Inventory Program and All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Information through the Policy Cycle
2. Defining the Environmental Benefits Index
3. Interpreting the Conservation Reserve Program in the Field(s)
4. The Mechanics of Monitoring: GAO, Congress, and the Federal Register
5. The Environmental Working Group Pulls the Pieces Together
6. Media Coverage and Academic Analyses: Cycles of Praise and Criticism
7. Information and Regulatory Implementation
References
Index