Since shameless self-promotion appears to be acceptable on this list please let me take the opportunity to let you know that the *6th edition* of my wildly popular and internationally acclaimed textbook, *The Environmental Policy Paradox,* will be available in a couple of weeks. Here is the link for a desk copy - the table of contents appears below. Thanks
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Environmental-Policy-Paradox-The/9780205855889.page Environmental Policy Paradox, The, 6/E *Zachary A. Smith*, *Northern Arizona University* ISBN-10: 0205855881 ISBN-13: 9780205855889 Publisher: Longman Copyright: 2013 Format: Paper; 368 pp Table of Contents Preface Part One: The policy-making process 1 Ecosystem Interdependence The Steady State Common Pool Resources Summary Notes 2 Changing Cultural and Social Beliefs: From Conservation to Environmentalism Dominant Social Paradigm Attempts to Changing the DSP History of the Environmental Movement Social Movements Interest Groups Public Opinion and the Environment Summary Notes 3 The Regulatory Environment The Regulatory Context Fundamentals of Environmental Law Summary Notes 4 The Political and Institutional Setting The Institutional Setting Institutional Biases The Political Setting Summary Notes PART Two: Environmental Policy 5 Air Sources Air Pollution: Law, Regulations, and Enforcement Summary Notes 6 Water Sources Water Law and Regulation Summary Notes 7 Energy History of Energy Nonrenewable Energy Sources Renewable Energy 166 Conservation and Energy Efficiency: Some Suggestions for the Future An Ecological Conclusion Summary Notes 8 Toxic and Hazardous Waste Solid Waste Hazardous Wastes Summary Notes 9 Land Management Issues Local Land-Use Planning Types of Land-Use Planning Federal Land Management Multiple-Use Wilderness Summary Notes 10 International Environmental Issues Population and Food Production Desertification and Food Production Global Pollution Less Developed Countries: North Vs. South Summary Notes 11 International Environmental Management International Environmentalism Alternative Political Systems International Environmental Management Economic Globalization and the Second Industrial Revolution International Regulatory Efforts Trends in the International Regulatory Process Summary Notes Conclusion Notes Appendix A How We Study Public Policy–Theoretical Approaches Appendix B The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as Amended Index -- Zachary A. Smith, Ph.D. Regents' Professor Natural Resources and Environmental Policy President, Society for Human Ecology Box 15036 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011 [email protected] web page: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~zas/ fax 928-523-6777 phone 928-523-7020 "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts" Albert Einstein CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files for previous e-mail messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you must not read this transmission and that any disclosure, copying, printing, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return e-mail and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. Thank you
