• Part 1. Introduction


• 1. The Evolution of Research on U.S. Environmental Policy


• Sheldon Kamieniecki and Michael E. Kraft


• Part 2. The Evolution of Environmental Policy:


• Major Concepts, Ideas, and Movements


• 2. Environmental Politics and Policy in Historical Perspective


• Richard N.L. Andrews


• 3. Green Political Ideas and Environmental Policy


• Walter F. Baber and Robert V. Bartlett


• 4. Evolving Concepts of Sustainability in Environmental Policy


• Lamont C. Hempel


• 5. Ethical Challenges in Environmental Policy


• Robert C. Paehlke


• 6. Environmental Security and U.S. Politics


• Richard A. Matthew


• Part 3. Governing Capacity and Environmental Challenges


• 7. Capacity for Governance: Innovation and the Challenge of the Third Era


• Walter A. Rosenbaum


• 8. U.S. Climate Change Politics: Federalism and Complexity


• Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer


• 9. Sustainable Development and Governance


• Daniel A. Mazmanian and Laurie Kaye Nijaki


• 10. United States International Environmental Policy


• Elizabeth R. DeSombre


• 11. Global Environmental Policymaking


• Kate O'Neill


• Part 4. Government Institutions and Policymaking


• 12. Courts, Legal Analysis, and Environmental Policy


• Timothy P. Duane


• 13. Congress and Environmental Policy


• Michael E. Kraft


• 14. The American Presidency and Environmental Policy


• Norman J. Vig


• 15. Environmental Bureaucracies: The Environmental Protection Agency


• Daniel J. Fiorino


• 16. Bureaucracy and Natural Resources Policy


• Craig W. Thomas


• 17. Defining Environmental Rulemaking


• Sara R. Rinfret and Scott R. Furlong


• 18. Environmental Federalism and the Role of State and Local Governments


• Denise Scheberle


• 19. The Promise and Performance of Collaborative Governance


• Andrea K. Gerlak, Tanya Heikkila, and Mark Lubell


• Part 5. The Role of Informal Political Actors


• 20. Issue Framing, Agenda Setting, and Environmental Discourse


• Deborah Lynn Guber and Christopher J. Bosso


• 21. Public Opinion on Environmental Policy in the United States: A Bouquet of Multiple Dimensions


• David P. Daniels, Jon A. Krosnick, Michael P. Tichy, and Trevor Tompson


• 22. Public Participation, Citizen Engagement, and Environmental Decision Making


• Dorothy M. Daley


• 23. Organized Interests and Environmental Policy


• Robert J. Duffy


• 24. Parties, Campaigns, and Elections: Their Influence on Environmental Politics and Policymaking


• Amy Below


• Part 6. Policy Approaches and Analytic Tools


• 25. The Role of Market Incentives in Environmental Policy


• Sheila M. Olmstead


• 26. Flexible Approaches to Environmental Regulation


• Lori S. Bennear and Cary Coglianese


• 27. Ecosystem-Based Management and Restoration


• Judith A. Layzer


• 28. The Use of Strategic Planning, Information, and Analysis in Environmental Policymaking and Management


• Steven Cohen


• 29. Environmental Policy and Science


• William Ascher and Toddi A. Steelman


• 30. Environmental Policy Evaluation and Prospects for Public Learning


• Lawrence Susskind and Alexis Schulman


• Part 7: Conclusion


• 31. Research on U.S. Environmental Policy in the New Century


• Michael E. Kraft and Sheldon Kamieniecki


• Index

Sheldon Kamieniecki is Dean of the Division of Social Sciences and Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Michael E. Kraft is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public and Environmental Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy is a state-of-the-art work on all aspects of environmental policy in America. This is a topic that will only grow in importance in the coming years, and this handbook serves as an authoritative guide to any scholar interested in the issue.