- Paperback: 376 pages
- Publisher: MIT Press (3 April 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0262612186
- ISBN-13: 978-0262612180
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 16.8 x 1.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,645,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A sophisticated, comprehensive, and informative analysis of the role of business in shaping American environmental policy. This collection of essays makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the complex political, legal, and institutional dynamics that underlie the making and implementation of environmental regulation, as well as the political role and influence of business in American politics." David Vogel, Haas School of Business and Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley " Business and Environmental Policy offers a lucid, timely, and insightful analysis of the complex and varied roles that business can play in environmental policy making. These essays provide a refreshing look at a subject to which conventional wisdom does not always apply. It is an outstanding contribution to the literature on environmental politics, as well as that on business and government more generally." Daniel J. Fiorino , American University
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It is well known that American businesses make an effort to influence environmental policy by attempting to set the political agenda and to influence regulations and legislation. This book examines what is not so well known: the extent to which business succeeds in its policy interventions. In Business and Environmental Policy, a team of distinguished scholars systematically analyzes corporate influence at all stages of the policy process, focusing on the factors that determine the success or failure of business lobbying in Congress, state legislatures, local governments, federal and state agencies, and the courts. These experts consider whether business influence is effectively counterbalanced by the efforts of environmental groups, public opinion, and other forces.The book also examines the use of the media to influence public opinion--as in the battle over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--and corporations' efforts to sway elections by making campaign contributions. Because the book goes well beyond the existing literature--much of which is narrow, descriptive, and anecdotal--to provide broad-based empirical evidence of corporate influence on environmental policy, it makes an original and important contribution and is appropriate for a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses.
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Very informative
28 Aug 2009
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This reads like a college textbook (which it very well may be), but I ordered it for personal research. It's very informative. Split into chapters dealing with different topics and varying viewpoints, the reader sees all sides of the issues discussed. It's not necessarily a fun read, but it's not staggeringly abstract either. I'd recommend it to college professors for their classes, and to anyone else trying to understand the collision of environmentalism, politics, and business in the United States.
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