Nature Unbound: Bureaucracy and the Environment, Kenneth J. Sim, Randy T. Simmons, Ryan M. Yonk

Автор: Kenneth J. Sim, Randy T. Simmons, Ryan M. Yonk
Название: Nature Unbound: Bureaucracy and the Environment
ISBN: 159813227X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781598132274
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Описание: What if what we think we know about ecology and environmental policy is just wrong?

What if environmental laws often make things worse?

What if the very idea of nature has been hijacked by politics?

What if wilderness is something we create in our minds, as opposed to being an actual description of nature?

Developing answers to these questions and developing implications of those answers are our purposes in this book. Two themes guide us--political ecology and political entrepreneurship.

Combining these two concepts, which we develop in some detail, leads us to recognize that sometimes in their original design and certainly in their implementation, major U.S. environmental laws are more about opportunism and ideology than good management and environmental improvement.

Will America enact environmental policies based on sound principles? The authors of Nature Unbound are cautiously optimistic.

Автор: Gormley William T. Jr.
Название: Taming the Bureaucracy: Muscles, Prayers, and Other Strategies
ISBN: 069160648X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691606484
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Описание: Americans are just emerging from one of the great reform eras in our historyan era in which we attempted to control public bureaucracies through interest representation, due process, management, policy analysis, federalism, and oversight. The United States has, in fact, undergone an institutional realignment and has emerged with a weaker, less auto

Автор: Workman
Название: The Dynamics of Bureaucracy in the US Government
ISBN: 1107061105 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107061101
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This book assesses the influence of bureaucracy in American politics, asking how government agencies and Congress come to know about, and understand, important policy problems confronting citizens and government officials.

Автор: Paul R. Verkuil
Название: Valuing Bureaucracy: The Case for Professional Government
ISBN: 110717659X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107176591
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Описание: In this book, Verkuil uses his inside perspective on government to examine the increasing impact of private contractors on governance. Outsourcing of government functions is on the rise and is of concern to scholars and practitioners, and the reputation of the author will bring considerable attention to this book.

Автор: Quah
Название: The Role of the Public Bureaucracy in Policy Implementation in Five ASEAN Countries
ISBN: 110754517X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107545175
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Описание: This book compares the role and performance of the public bureaucracy in policy implementation in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, and provides an explanation for their different levels of effectiveness. It is written for researchers, students and policymakers interested in international law in ASEAN economic and political integration.

Автор: Meltsner Arnold J.
Название: Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy
ISBN: 0520302834 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520302839
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Who advises our policy makers in Washington? What brings these advisors to the federal bureaucracy and keeps them there? And how do their clients and the bureaucratic context influence the choices they make in selecting, defining, and working on problems of public policy?

In the late 1960s, professional policy advisors--called policy analysts--began to emerge in the Washington bureaucracy. Their job: to provide information and advice about the consequences of choosing different policies. Arnold J. Meltsner examines the various roles they asumed and the ways in which their priorities and methods were affected by the people they advised and the bureaucratic environment.

Drawing on interviews with analysts and using his own experience as a government consultant, Meltsner shows how political and organizational considerations extended the boundaries of the advisor's role in a way that went far beyond the analyst's own notions of what policy analysis was. As the profession began to take shape, there were few standards of external organizations to set expectations for the analyst's work. As advisors on the inside, many policy analysts became adept at writing speeches and memos and making political calculations. In short, they took on the folkways of the bureaucrat.

This detailed and vivid account of the experiences of analysts in a government agency is written not only for students of the subject but for all those interested in the general processes of our government. By providing a picture of the roles and behavior of the policy analyst, Meltsner points out the predicaments facing those who try to improve the effectiveness of analytical expertise within the government.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

Автор: Agnieszka Latawiec,Dorice Agol
Название: Sustainability Indicators in Practice
ISBN: 3110450496 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110450491
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
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Описание: The goal of sustainable development is to meet the socio-economic and environmental objectives without comprising the needs of future generations. Since the Rio Summit of 1992, the concept of sustainability has captured our imaginations and aspirations and efforts to develop its indicators have increased. A range of sustainability indicators have been developed within various socio-economic, environmental and cultural contexts- including biodiversity, economy, energy, water, land use and transport. Sustainability indicators are widespread in international development arena. They have become popularized among governments, non-governmental organizations, private sector and the wider public. Based on multiple cases across the world, this book explores opportunities and challenges associated with the practical application of sustainability indicators. The book reflects diversity of professionals of inter-disciplinary backgrounds covering contemporary issues within different socio-economic and environmental contexts. Each chapter presents practical examples of the merits and challenges of using sustainability indicators and draws conclusions and lessons learned. The book targets a range of audience from students, academics to development practitioners and policy-makers. The two editors of this book: Dr. Agnieszka Ewa Latawiec and Dr. Dorice Agol are inter-disciplinary scientists who both have experience in research at the environmental conservation and development nexus.

Автор: Paul A. Johnsgard
Название: Those of the Gray Wind: The Sandhill Cranes, New Edition
ISBN: 1496201574 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781496201577
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With Paul A. Johnsgard, we follow the migration of the sandhill cranes from the American Southwest to their Alaskan breeding grounds and back again, an annual pattern that has persisted over millions of years. By selecting four historic time frames of the migration between 1860 and 1980, Johnsgard illustrates how humans have influenced the flocks and how different American cultures have variously responded to the birds and perceived their value.

Each section focuses on the interactions between children of four different American cultures and sandhill cranes, triggered by events occurring during the annual life cycle of the cranes. The story is enriched by the author's exquisite illustrations, by Zuni prayers, and by Inuit and Pueblo legends. With a new preface and afterword and a new gallery of photographs by the author, Those of the Gray Wind is a classic story of a timeless ritual that can be enjoyed for generations to come.

Paul A. Johnsgard is Foundation Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has received conservation and research awards from the National Audubon Society, the American Ornithologists' Union, the National Wildlife Federation, and other state and national organizations. Johnsgard is the author of more than eighty books on natural history, including Sandhill and Whooping Cranes: Ancient Voices over America's Wetlands and Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie: A Nebraska Year, both available in Bison Books editions.