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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis volume is worth reading not only for its provocative ideas but also because its topic couldn't be more timely. -- Denise Scheberle, University of Wisconsin * Political Science Quarterly, Winter 98-99 *
Environmental Federalism provides much useful information for people interested in hastening the transfer of responsibility for environmental quality control to state and local governments. -- Zachary A. Smith, Northern Arizona University * Perspectives on Political Science, Winter 1999, Vol. 28, No. 1 *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Environmental Federalism: Thinking Smaller Chapter 2 Sizing Up Sovereigns: Federal Systems, Their Origin, Their Decline, Their Prospects Chapter 3 Public Land Federalism: Go Away and Give Us More Money Chapter 4 State Trust Lands: The Culture of Administrative Accountability Chapter 5 Federalism and Wildlife Conservation in the West Chapter 6 Pesticides and Environmental Federalism: An Empirical and Qualitative Analysis of § 24(c) Registrations Chapter 7 Water Federalism: Governmental Competition and Conflict over Western Waters Chapter 8 Western States and Environmental Federalism: An Examination of Institutional Viability Chapter 9 Why States, Not EPA, Should Set Pollution Standards Chapter 10 Index