Regional Environmental Policies, Science & Technology Policy, Presidents of the United States - General & Miscellaneous, Environmental Conservation & Protection Policy, Science - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
The Environmental Presidency develops a systematic understanding of how presidents have influenced the development of environmental and natural resource policy through an examination of environmental behavior and interaction patterns between the president and the American people. Looking at five presidential roles - Commander in Chief, Chief Diplomat, Opinion and Party Leader, Chief Legislator, and Chief Executive - the authors show how the modern presidency has redefined the relative strengths of each role in response to the political salience of the environment.Editorials
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Develops a systematic understanding of how presidents have influenced the development of environmental and natural resource policy through an examination of environmental behavior and interaction patterns between the president and the American people. Looks at five presidential roles<-->Commander in Chief, Chief Diplomat, Opinion and Party Leader, Chief Legislator, and Chief Executive<-->and shows how the modern presidency has redefined the relative strengths of each role in response to the political salience of the environment. The editor is professor of policy studies and director of the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Texas-El Paso. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
October 31, 1999
Publisher
Albany : State University of New York Press, c1999.
Pages
384
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780791443002