Environmental Policymaking in an era of climate change /Matthew C Nowlin

Cover; Endorsement; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Part I Foundations; 1 Introduction; Environmental Policymaking and Politics; The Politics of Environmental Policymaking; Plan of the Book; Part I: Foundations; Part II: The Environmental Policymaking System and Climate Policy; Notes; References; 2 A Framework for Environmental Policymaking; Introduction; Markets and Governments; Environmental Policy and Governance; The Environmental Policymaking Process The Environmental Policymaking SystemMacro-Institutions; Policy Subsystems and Policy Actors; Making Environmental Policy; Environmental Policy Design; Environmental Policy Goals; Causal Framework; Environmental Policy Instruments; The Selection of Environmental Policy Instruments; Implementation Structure; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3 The Green State and the Climate Change Era; Introduction; Development Era: 1800-1890; Conservation Era: 1890-1962; Environmentalism Era: 1962-1980; Reform Era: 1980-2000; The Climate Change Era; The Science of Climate Change; International Climate Policy United States Climate PoliticsConclusion; Notes; References; 4 Value Systems and Environmental Policy; Introduction; Value System; Core Values; Cultural Theory; Environmental Values; Values and Cognition; Cultural and Environmental Cognition; Mechanisms of Cultural and Environmental Cognition; Climate Change Risk; Support for Climate Change Policy Options; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part II The Environmental Policymaking System and Climate Policy; 5 Agenda-Setting and Issue Definitions in Climate Change Policymaking; Introduction; Inputs and Agenda-Setting Climate Change on the Policymaking AgendaProblem Stream and Congressional Attention to Climate Change; The Climate Change Policy Stream; The Climate Change Politics Stream; Contested Definitions of Climate Change; Dimensions of Climate Change; Framing Climate Change; Debating the Scientific Consensus; Debating the Kyoto Protocol; Debating the American Clean Energy and Security Act; Debating the Clean Power Plan; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Pathways and Pivots: Macro-Institutions and Climate Change Policy; Introduction; Congress; Committees and Information-Processing Climate Change LegislationCap-and-Trade in Congress; Climate Solutions Caucus in the House; The Executive; Executive Branch Agencies; The Environmental Protection Agency; The Environmental Protection Agency and Climate Change; The Courts; Climate Change in the Courts; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 The Networked Subsystems, Institutions, and Actors of the Climate Change Regime; Introduction; The Climate Change Policy Regime; Policy Subsystems; Climate Change Regime Subsystems; Subsystems and Levels of Government; Federalism and Climate Policy

As the world considers how to deal with the impacts of a changing climate, it's vital that we understand the ways in which the United States' policymaking process addresses environmental issues. A mix of existing theory and original analysis, Environmental Policymaking in an Era of Climate Change applies recent policy scholarship to questions of environmental governance, with a particular focus on climate change. The book examines how competing political actors influence policies within and across institutions, focusing on both a macro-level, where formal bodies set the agenda, and a meso-level, where issues are contained within policy subsystems. Divided intotwo sections, the book incorporates insights from political science and public policy to provide the reader with a better understanding ofhow environmentalpolicy decisions are made.Part I offers a framework for understanding environmental policymaking, exploring the history of environmental policy, and discussing the importance of values in environmental policy. Part II applies the framework to the issue of climate change, focusing on agenda-setting and the role of formal institutions in the policymaking process, covering topics that include Congress, the Executive and Judicial branches, and how climate change cuts across policy subsystem boundaries. By placing specific climate change case studies in a broader context, Environmental Policymaking in an Era of Climate Change will help students enrolled in political science, public administration, public policy, and environmental studies courses - as well as all those interested in the impacts of policy on climate change - to understand what is, and will likely continue to be, one of the most pressing policy issues of our time