Presidential Administration and the Environment: Executive Leadership in the Age of Gridlock

by David M. Shafie

Book Overview

After sweeping environmental legislation passed in the 1970s and 1980s, the 1990s ushered in an era when new legislation and reforms to existing laws were consistently caught up in a gridlock. In response, environmental groups became more specialized and professional, learning how to effect policy change through the courts, states, and federal agencies rather than through grassroots movements. Without a significantly mobilized public and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138124710
• ISBN13: 9781138124714
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"