Environmental Policy

Michael E. Kraft is professor emeritus of political scienceand public affairs at the University of Wisconsin–GreenBay. He is the author of, among other works, EnvironmentalPolicy and Politics, 8th ed. (2022), and coauthor ofComing Clean: Information Disclosure and EnvironmentalPerformance (2011), with Mark Stephan and Troy D. Abel.In addition, he is the coeditor of Environmental Policy:New Directions in the 21st Century, 12th ed. (2025), withBarry G. Rabe and Norman J. Vig; Toward SustainableCommunities: Transition and Transformations in Environmental Policy, 2nd ed. (2009), withDaniel A. Mazmanian; and Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in theAmerican Political System (2007) and The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy (2013),with Sheldon Kamieniecki. For over forty years, he taught courses in environmental policy andpolitics, American government, Congress, and public policy analysis.Barry G. Rabe is the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy and theArthur F. Thurnau Professor of Environmental Policy at the Gerald R. Ford Schoolof Public Policy at the University of Michigan. He also serves as a nonresident seniorfellow at the Brookings Institution and as a fellow of the National Academy of PublicAdministration. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Statehouseand Greenhouse: The Emerging Politics of American Climate Change Policy (Brookings,2004), which received the 2017 Martha Derthick Book Award from the AmericanPolitical Science Association for making a lasting contribution to the study of federalism.His latest books are Can We Price Carbon? (MIT Press, 2018) and Trump, theAdministrative Presidency, and Federalism (Brookings, 2020), coauthored with Frank J.Thompson and Kenneth K. Wong, and he is currently working on a book examiningthe politics of short-lived climate pollutants such as methane.Norman J. Vig is the Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor of Science, Technology,and Society emeritus at Carleton College. He has written extensively on environmentalpolicy, science and technology policy, and comparative politics and is coeditorwith Michael G. Faure of Green Giants? Environmental Policies of the United Statesand the European Union (MIT Press, 2004) and with Regina S. Axelrod and DavidLeonard Downie of The Global Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy, 2nd ed.(CQ Press, 2005).

• Environmental Policy and Politics in TransitionUS Environmental Policy: An Overview - Michael E. Kraft and Barry G. RabeThe Challenges of Contemporary Environmental Problems - Michael E. Kraft and Barry G. RabeThe Role of Government and Politics - Michael E. Kraft and Barry G. RabeThe Development of Environmental Policy from the 1960s to the Twenty-First Century - Michael E. Kraft and Barry G. RabeSeeking New Policy Directions: From the 1990s to the Twenty-First Century - Michael E. Kraft and Barry G. RabeBudgets and Policy Implementation - Michael E. Kraft and Barry G. RabeImprovements in Environmental Quality - Michael E. Kraft and Barry G. RabeAssessing Environmental Progress - Michael E. Kraft and Barry G. RabeRacing to the Top, the Bottom, or the Middle of the Pack? The Evolving State Government Role in Environmental Protection - Barry G. RabeStates as the “New Heroes” of American Federalism - Barry G. RabeThe Cutting Edge of Policy: Cases of State Innovation - Barry G. RabeState Limits - Barry G. RabeNext Steps in Environmental Federalism - Barry G. RabePriorities, Preferences, and Policy: Twenty-First Century Public Opinion on the Environment - Christopher Borick and Erick LachapelleThe Relationship Between Public Opinion and Environmental Policy - Christopher Borick and Erick LachapelleAggregate-Level Determinants - Christopher Borick and Erick LachapelleIndividual-Level Determinants - Christopher Borick and Erick LachapelleA Bold New Era of Public Opinion? - Christopher Borick and Erick LachapelleFederal Institutions and Policy ChangePresidential Powers and Environmental Policy - Norman J. VigPresidential Powers and Constraints - Norman J. VigComparing Environmental Presidencies - Norman J. VigThe Reagan Revolution: Environmental Backlash - Norman J. VigPresident George H. W. Bush: Clean Air Legislation - Norman J. VigThe Clinton Presidency: Frustrated Ambitions - Norman J. VigPresident George W. Bush: Regulatory Stalemate - Norman J. VigPresident Barack Obama: Climate Breakthrough - Norman J. VigPresident Donald Trump: Policy Reversal - Norman J. VigPresident Joe Biden: Ambition and Achievement - Norman J. VigEnvironmental Policy in Congress - Michael E. KraftEnvironmental Challenges and Political Constraints - Michael E. KraftCongressional Authority and Environmental Policy - Michael E. KraftCauses and Consequences of Environmental Policy Gridlock - Michael E. KraftFrom Consensus in the Environmental Decade to Deadlock in the 1990s - Michael E. KraftEnvironmental Policy Actions in Recent Congresses - Michael E. KraftEnvironmental Policy in the Courts - Kimberly SmithThe Judicial System - Kimberly SmithForcing Policy Action - Kimberly SmithDelaying Policy Action - Kimberly SmithShaping Policy - Kimberly SmithConstitutional Review - Kimberly SmithThe Environmental Protection Agency - Richard N. L. AndrewsBackground - Richard N. L. AndrewsImplementing the Laws Amid Political Pressures - Richard N. L. AndrewsAchievements And Limitations - Richard N. L. AndrewsThe Trump Administration: Dismantling the EPA? - Richard N. L. AndrewsThe Biden Administration - Richard N. L. AndrewsPublic Policy DilemmasEnergy Policy - Sanya CarleySetting the Context: A U.S. Energy Transition - Sanya CarleyPolicy Priorities: GHG Emissions and Technology Deployment - Sanya CarleyPolicy Priorities: Preparing for or Protecting Against the Energy Transition - Sanya CarleyNatural Resource Policies in an Era of Polarized Politics - William R. LowryIntroduction - William R. LowryEvolution of Natural Resource Policies - William R. LowryNatural Resource Agencies and Policies - William R. LowryTrends in Natural Resource Policies - William R. LowryApplying Market Principles to Environmental Policy - Sheila M. OlmsteadEconomic Concepts and Environmental Policy - Sheila M. OlmsteadPrinciples of Market-Based Environmental Policy - Sheila M. OlmsteadMarket-Based Environmental Policy Instruments in Practice - Sheila M. OlmsteadSustainability in Cities - Sara Hughes and Aaron DeslatteIntroduction - Sara Hughes and Aaron DeslatteDefining Sustainability in Cities - Sara Hughes and Aaron DeslatteThe Local Sustainability Policy Environment - Sara Hughes and Aaron DeslatteCase Studies of Challenges and Opportunities in Pursuing Sustainability in Cities - Sara Hughes and Aaron DeslatteLooking Forward - Sara Hughes and Aaron DeslatteGlobal Issues and ControversiesGlobal Climate Change Governance: Where Next After Paris - Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveerScience, GHG Emissions, and the IPCC - Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveerInternational Law and Climate Change Negotiations - Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveerEU Leadership and Policy Responses - Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveerU.S. and North American Climate Change Policy and Politics - Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveerThe Developing World and the Brics - Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveerConclusions: Looking for Leadership - Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveerEnvironment, Population, and the Developing World - Richard J. TobinPopulation Growth: Cure or Culprit? - Richard J. TobinProviding Food and Fuel for Growing Populations - Richard J. TobinThe Destruction of Tropical Forests - Richard J. TobinConflicting Signals from Developed Countries - Richard J. TobinCauses for Optimism? - Richard J. TobinCreating the Green Economy: Government, Business, and a Sustainable Future - Daniel J. FiorinoTwo Worlds Colliding - Daniel J. FiorinoWhat Is the Green Economy? - Daniel J. FiorinoThe Microlevel: Greening the Private Sector - Daniel J. FiorinoThe Green Economy Policy Agenda - Daniel J. FiorinoIs Anyone Actually Trying to Create a Green Economy? - Daniel J. FiorinoIs the Green Economy a Valid Concept? - Daniel J. FiorinoThe Need for International, Collective Action - Daniel J. FiorinoConclusionConclusion: Emerging Challenges in Environmental Policy - Barry G. Rabe and Michael E. KraftThe American Role in International Environmental Policy - Barry G. Rabe and Michael E. KraftThe Trade Environment Nexus - Barry G. Rabe and Michael E. KraftAgriculture, Livestock, and Food Policy - Barry G. Rabe and Michael E. KraftRevisiting The Administrative Presidency - Barry G. Rabe and Michael E. Kraft