Flashpoints in Environmental Policymaking

Sheldon Kamieniecki is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Southern California. He is the editor of Environmental Politics in the International Arena and coeditor of Controversies in Environmental Policy, both published by SUNY Press. George A. Gonzalez is a lecturer at San Jose State University. Robert O. Vos is a graduate student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern California.

"The topic of this book is timely and important, and it will add in a significant way to the extant literature on environmental politics and policy. The editors have lined up some very competent and prominent people who study environmental politics and policy, among them Professors Walter Rosenbaum, Gary Bryner, Steven Cohen, Sheldon Kamieniecki, Ann Bowman, John Baden, and Charles Davis, as well as graduate students and newly emerged assistant professors. That mix of established scholars and junior people is an asset...as the book is infused with both experience and new ideas." — James P. Lester, Colorado State University"The 'controversies format' makes for interesting reading and a good teaching tool. Sustainability is the current catch word among natural resource managers and environmentalists, yet the meaning of the term is unclear. This book goes a long way toward explaining the debates surrounding sustainability. It is a useful text for upper division environmental policy courses and graduate seminars." — Helen Ingram, Director, The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona

• Introduction: Competing Approaches to Sustainability: Dimensions of Controversy Robert O. VosSection One: Risk Assessment 1. Regulation at Risk: The Controversial Politics and Science of Comparative Risk Assessment Walter A. Rosenbaum2. The Social and Political (Re)Construction of Risk Stephen H. LinderSection Two: Alternative Regulatory Approaches 3. Market Incentives in Air Pollution Control Gary Bryner4. Employing Strategic Planning in Environmental Regulation Steven CohenSection Three: Environmental Equity and Environmental Justice 5. Two Faces of Equity in Superfund Implementation Sheldon Kamieniecki and Janie Steckenrider6. Environmental (In)Equity: Race, Class, and the Distribution of Environmental Bads Ann O'M. BowmanSection Four: Public versus Private Control over Federal Lands 7. Bringing Private Management to the Public Lands: Environmental and Economic Advantages John A. Baden and Tim O'Brien8. This Land is "Our" Land: The Case for Federal Retention of Public Lands Charles DavisSection Five: Trade and Sustainable Development 9. Trade Liberalization and the Natural Environment: Conflict or Opportunity? Juliann Allison10. International Trade and Sustainable Development David Goodman and Richard B. HowarthSection Six: Environmental and National Security 11. The Limits of Environmental Security Daniel Deudney12. Linking Environment, Culture, and Security Margaret Scully GranzeierConclusion: Obstacles to Achieving Sustainability George A. GonzalezContributors Index