Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures ix
Preface and Acknowledgments xi
1. Introduction / James P. Lester 1
Part One. The Historical Context
2. The Evolution of Environmentalism / W. Douglas Costain and James P. Lester 15
3. Federalism and State Environmental Policy / James P. Lester 39
Part Two. Actors and Institutions
4. Public Opinion and Environmental Policy / Riley E. Dunlap 63
5. Interest Groups and Environmental Policy / Helen M. Ingram, David H. Colnic, and Dean E. Mann 115
6. Political Parties and Environmental Policy / Sheldon Kamieniecki 146
7. Congress and Environmental Policy / Michael E. Kraft 168
8. The Bureaucracy and Environmental Policy / Walter A. Rosenbaum 206
9. The Courts and Environmental Policy / Lettie McSpadden 242
10. Elites and Environmental Policy / Mark E. Rushefsky 275
Part Three. Environmental Policy Outcomes
11. Evaluating Environmental Policy Outcomes / Evan J. Ringquist 303
12. Alternative Views of the Environmental Problematic / John S. Dryzek and James P. Lester 238
13. The Politics of Hope: An Eclectic Vision of the Future / Gerald B. Thomas 347
Appendix: Selected Statistics on Environmental Policy 365
Index 379
Contributors 387

About the Author

James P. Lester is Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University.