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OverviewStep by step, this book shatters the myth that important environmental energy debates in the United States have been driven by forces too complex for the average American to comprehend. Although made up of a number of contributions, Robert McMonagle's book makes sense of the underlying political and societal forces driving contemporary environmental energy debates including the critical case of whether to drill for energy sources at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. This book aims to answer two questions by examining four case studies of the policy-making process: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; drilling on public lands in the Western United States and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico; along with a proposal to develop a commercial wind farm off the Massachusetts coast. First, what political and societal forces have shaped modern, contentious environmental energy debates in the US? Second, what do the findings reveal about the way in which environmental energy policies are made, about our institutions of government, and about the influences of the public versus elites in making policy? Dr. McMonagle finds that partisan voting in Congress is a critical factor in policy shifts, especially when symbols are used to define policy issues. Further, public opinion and the print media remain important factors in defining issues leading to legislative policy victories. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert J. McMonaglePublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.372kg ISBN: 9780739119624ISBN 10: 0739119621 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 16 August 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Chapter 1 Table of Contents Chapter 2 Figures Chapter 3 Tables Chapter 4 List of Abbreviations Chapter 5 Preface Chapter 6 Acknowledgments Chapter 7 1 Introduction: Rethinking Environmental-Energy Policy Studies Chapter 8 2 The Case of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): A History Chapter 9 3 Advance to Go: The ANWR Policy Monopoly Unravels Chapter 10 4 ""Civility"" in Washington? Party Politics in Environmental-Energy Policy Making Chapter 11 5 Forces for Change: Political and Social Currents for ANWR, Western Lands, the Gulf of Mexico, and Cape Cod Wind Farms Chapter 12 6 Patterns of Decisions across the Environment-Energy Divide Chapter 13 Methodological Appendix Chapter 14 Bibliography Chapter 15 Index"ReviewsMcMonagle tackles a challenging question in this thoroughly researched study: How do we best explain the long and contentious political struggle over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? Understanding the partisan, ideological, and institutional roots of the fight over ANWR offers a window into understanding all instances where policymakers and attentive publics struggle to balance the equally desired goals of energy production and environmental protection. The result is a careful, theoretically rich, empirically informed, and policy-relevant effort to make sense of these dilemmas and, in the process, find ways to get beyond them. -- Christopher J. Bosso Caribou and Conoco is the first of its kind of analysis of the ANWR (drilling vs. environmental protection) issue. This well-researched and detailed work examines how drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was pushed onto the national agenda in the 1990s, periodically resurfacing and seemingly decided in favor of environmental protection. Looking at ANWR, and extending the analysis onto other environmental policy issues (oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, drilling on public lands, and windfarms off the coast of Massachusetts), Robert McMonagle cogently explains environmental policy change while encouraging political scientists to become more active in public deliberations on the environment. This book is a must-read for students of public policy and the environment. -- Kyle Kreider Robert McMonagle guides us carefully and thoroughly through the long-running Arctic National Wildlife Refuge policy debate, helping us understand how and why Congressional, media, and public framing of ANWR issues have shifted that debate over the past couple decades. His lucid analysis of one of the defining environmental issues of our time is essential reading for academicians and practitioners. McMonagle's methodology and findings are applicable to a great variety of ecological, social, public health, and other pressing policy debates. -- Robert J. Mason McMonagle tackles a challenging question in this thoroughly researched study: How do we best explain the long and contentious political struggle over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? Understanding the partisan, ideological, and institutional roots of the fight over ANWR offers a window into understanding all instances where policymakers and attentive publics struggle to balance the equally desired goals of energy production and environmental protection. The result is a careful, theoretically rich, empirically informed, and policy-relevant effort to make sense of these dilemmas and, in the process, find ways to get beyond them.--Christopher J. Bosso Author InformationRobert J. McMonagle is associate professor of political science at Neumann University in Pennsylvania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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