Description
Book SynopsisThis book conducts a comprehensive investigation of how much business influences agenda building and environmental policymaking in the United States over time.
Trade Review"Kamieniecki's book is more thorough and inclusive than any other work on the link between business and environmental policy. The extent of influence of business groups in environmental and natural resource policy is a highly contested area, and the author's analysis is quite balanced." -- Helen Ingram, University of California
"There is no doubt that business plays a significant role in environmental policy making and implementation, and rightly so. Yet there is little empirical data on why business groups take the positions they do, how they affect media coverage and public policy development, and the degree to which they affect decision making. These are critically important questions about the role of business in environmental policy, and
Corporate America and Environmental Policy significantly advances our understanding of them." -- Michael Kraft, University of Wisconsin * Green Bay *
Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Preface iii List of Abbreviations iii @toc2:1 Business and American Democracy 000 2 Interest Groups and Environmental Policymaking 000 3 Theories of Issue Definition, Framing, and Agenda Building 000 4 Agenda Building in Congress 000 5 The Influence of Business in Federal Agencies and Courts 000 6 Corporate Involvement in Regulatory Policy 000 7 Corporate Involvement in Natural Resource Policy 000 8 Conclusion 000 @toc4:Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
