Now in its eighth edition, Michael E. Kraft has updated his definitive text to capture the changing nature of environmental problems as well as policy proposals made through 2020.

Michael E. Kraft is Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs Emeritus and Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Environmental Studies Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Preface 1. Environmental Problems and Politics 2. Judging the State of the Environment 3. Making Environmental Policy 4. The Evolution of Environmental Policy and Politics 5. Environmental Protection Policy: Controlling Pollution 6. Energy and Climate Change Policies 7. Natural Resource Policies 8. Evaluating Environmental Policy 9. Environmental Policy and Politics for the Twenty-First Century