George A. Gonzalez

Corporate Power and the Environment (eBook, ePUB)

The Political Economy of U.S. Environmental Policy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Environmental policy is broadly viewed as an oasis of democracy, unspoiled by crass capitalism and undominated by corporate interests. This book counters that view. The focus of Corporate Power and the Environment focuses on how U.S. economic elites-corporate decisionmakers and other individuals of substantial wealth-shape the content and implementation of U.S. environmental policy to their economic and political benefit. The author uses the management of the national forests and national parks, as well as wilderness preservation policies and federal clean air policies, as case studies to show corporate power in action in even the 'purest' of policy arenas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780742575387
• Artikelnr.: 39418940

Autorenporträt

George A. Gonzalez is professor of political science at the University of Miami.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Policymaking Process
Chapter 3 "Practical" Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service
Chapter 4 The Political Economy of the National Park System
Chapter 5 Wilderness Preservation Policy: The Cases of Yosemite Park and
Jackson Hole
Chapter 6 Anatomy of a Wilderness Controversy: The Creation of Redwood
National Park
Chapter 7 The Legislative Process and the Clean Air Act of 1990
Chapter 8 Conclusion: Political Power and the Environment
Chapter 9 Bibliography