Bibliograph

Environmental sustainability and American public administration, past, present, and future, J. Michael Martinez

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Environmental sustainability and American public administration, past, present, and future, J. Michael Martinez

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Environmental sustainability and American public administration

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

957134581

Responsibility statement

J. Michael Martinez

Sub title

past, present, and future

Summary

Protecting the natural environment and promoting environmental sustainability have become important objectives for U.S. policymakers and public administrators at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Institutions of American government, especially at the federal level, and the public administrators who work inside of those institutions, play a crucial role in developing and implementing environmental sustainability policies. --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Defining and understanding sustainability -- The "dismal science" of economics -- The ethics of sustainability -- The rise of the American adminitrative state -- The development of federal environmental law -- A brief history of the modern enivornmental movement -- Interest groups and the environmental lobby -- Sustainability and American public administration: where do we go from here?

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