Punctuated Equilibrium and the Dynamics of U.S. Environmental Policy

This Book Presents New Empirical Evidence That The Punctuated Equilibrium Theory Of Policy Dynamics Fits The Facts Of Environmental Policy Change And Can Explain How Stable Policies Can Suddenly Unravel In Discontinuous Change. Every Professional, Activist, And Student Concerned With Promoting - Or Resisting - Change In Environmental And Natural Resources Policies Will Find This Up-to-date Book An Invaluable Guide.--book Jacket. Punctuated Equilibrium Theory And Environmental Policy / Frank R. Baumgartner -- Tipping Points, Abrupt Opinion Changes, And Punctuated Policy Change / William A. Brock -- Path Dependency And Adroit Innovation : The Case Of California Water / Helen Ingram And Leah Fraser -- On Social Traps And Lobster Traps : Choppy Waters On The Voyage Toward Fisheries' Harvesting Rights / Robert Repetto And Richard B. Allen -- Behavioral Thresholds And Institutional Rigidities As Explanations Of Punctuated Equilibrium Processes In Pacific Northwest Forest Policy Dynamics / Benjamin Cashore And Michael Howlett -- The Political Economy Of U.s. Greenhouse Gas Controls / Lee Lane -- Automobile Fuel Efficiency Policy : Beyond The Cafe Controversy / James A. Dunn Jr. -- The Politics Of Grazing On Federal Lands : A Policy Change Perspective / Charles Davis. Edited By Robert Repetto ; Foreword By James Gustave Speth. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 253-274) And Index.