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OverviewThis intriguing book investigates the technical information quandary created by post-industrial changes, which have produced demands for citizen involvement in public policy processes while complex scientific and technical issues increasingly make public involvement difficult. Authors Pierce, Steger, Steel, and Lovrich address the degree to which interest groups might serve to bridge the knowledge gap between public policy processes and the citizenry in U.S. and Canadian settings. The focus of the study is on acid rain policy in Michigan and Ontario, an area of considerable scientific and technical complexity as well as political and public interest. The authors examine how the U.S. and Canadian publics acquire, process, and communicate policy-relevant information so that it can influence policymaking. Do interest groups play the information dissemination role in a manner that could address the technical information quandary? Are interest groups playing the same or different roles in the United States and Canada? What different factors cause U.S. and Canadian interest groups to behave as they do in the political arena? Recommended for scholars of Political Science, Communication, Environmental Studies, and Comparative Public Policy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicholas Lovrich , John Pierce , Brent S. Steel , Mary Ann E. StegerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.526kg ISBN: 9780275935795ISBN 10: 0275935795 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 November 1992 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsInformation, Individuals, and Interest Groups The Political Culture Context Trust in Sources of Policy-Relevant Information The Information Incentive Organizational Resources and Informational Capacity Environmental Groups As Communicators Interest Groups, Individuals, and the Technical Information Quandary Appendix References IndexReviews?This carefully documented and insightful work makes an important contribution to our understanding of the functions of interest groups. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduate; graduate; faculty.?-Choice ?This carefully documented and insightful work makes an important contribution to our understanding of the functions of interest groups. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduate; graduate; faculty.?-Choice This carefully documented and insightful work makes an important contribution to our understanding of the functions of interest groups. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduate; graduate; faculty. -Choice Author InformationJOHN C. PIERCE is Professor of Political Science and Dean of the College of Sciences & Arts in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences at Washington State University. MARY ANN E. STEGER is Associate Professor of Political Science at Northern Arizona University. BRENT S. STEEL is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Washington State University, Vancouver. NICHOLAS P. LOVRICH is Associate Professor of Political Science at Washington State University. The four authors have collaborated for eight years in the research of issues in environmental politics involving Canadians and Americans. They have co-authored over a dozen articles in reference journals, and they have received two grants from the Canadian government (U.S. Canadian Embassy Faculty Research Grant Program) to support their work. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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