US Environmental Policy in Action, 2014
Practice and Implementation

US Environmental Policy: A Practical Approach to Understanding Implementation provides a comprehensive look at the creation, implementation, and evaluation of environmental policy, which is of particular importance in an era of congressional gridlock. With a focus grounded in the front-lines of environmental policy, readers are afforded examples of how environmental policy works through case studies and voices sections, thereby enriching the text's practical approach to understanding contemporary American environmental policy.

1. Environmental Policy in Practice 2. Contextualizing Environmental Policy 3. The Messy Process of Making Environmental Policy 4. Official Actors in the Policy Process 5. Unofficial Actors in the Policy Process 6. Translating Vague Statutes into Rules and Regulations 7. Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Implementing Environmental Policy 8. Is it Working? Evaluating Environmental Policy 9. Understanding Environmental Policy From the Ground Up

Sara R. Rinfret is Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Montana, USA. She co-authored The Lilliputians of Environmental Regulation: The Perspective of State Regulators with Michelle Pautz.

Michelle C. Pautz is Associate Professor of political science at the University of Dayton, USA. She is co-author of The Lilliputians of Environmental Regulation: The Perspective of State Regulators with Sara Rinfret.

Detailed, comprehensive approach to the environmental policy process Structured to work for majors and non-majors alike, focusing on the functional principals of the policy and the actors involved