{"product_id":"environmental-agencies-in-the-united-states-9781498573474","title":"Environmental Agencies in the United States","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach state''s physical environment, economy, and politics demands a unique approach to environmental enforcement. In some states, industry works closely with regulators to construct rules that protect state economic interests. In other states, regulators are more at odds with industry, arguing that there can be no cost placed on access to clean air and water. While we have long-considered powerful legislatures and governors the pilots of environmental enforcement behavior in the states, focusing on elected officials ignores the pivotal role environmental agencies and their employees play in determining the overall direction of environmental policy through day-to-day enforcement decisionsdecisions to negotiate with industry or to stand firm. In Environmental Agencies in the United States, the author looks closely at the mandates assigned to environmental agencies and how those mandates mold agency understanding of the purpose of environmental enforcement. In arguing the importance of ag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Environmental Agencies in the United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: A Theory of Environmental Agency DesignChapter 3: Environmental Enforcement in Combined Natural Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection Agencies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Environmental Enforcement in Combined Public Health and Environmental Protection Agencies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Environmental Enforcement in Mini-EPAsChapter 6: The Dominance of Public Health\/Conservation Programs and Approaches in Environmental Agencies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Do Agency Values Translate into Actions?Chapter 8: Organizational Capacity, Agency Design, and Environmental EnforcementChapter 9: The Implications of a Theory of Environmental Agency Design","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040815546711,"sku":"9781498573474","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498573474.jpg?v=1750947935","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/environmental-agencies-in-the-united-states-9781498573474","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}