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Summary:

Environmental policy studies commissioned by government agencies or other stakeholders can play a vital role in environmental decisionmaking; they provide much-needed insight into policy options and specific recommendations for action. But the results of even the most rigorous studies are frequently misappropriated or misunderstood and are as likely to confuse an issue as they are to clarify it. Better environmental policy studies explores this problem, as it considers the shortcomings of current approaches to policy studies and presents a pragmatic new approach to the subject. Reviewing five cases that are widely regarded as the most effective policy studies to have been conducted in the United States in the last few decades, the authors present a comprehensive guide to the concepts and methods required for conducting effective policy studies.

Author/Creator:

Susskind, Lawrence

Contributors:

Jain, Ravi, 1935-

Martyniuk, Andrew O.

NetLibrary, Inc.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Better environmental policy studies: how to design and conduct more effective analysis [by Susskind, L.]

Subjects:

Environmental policy — United States — Evaluation

Environmental policy — United States — Evaluation — Case studies

Environmental policy — Evaluation

Environmental policy

United States

Genres:

Case studies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-174) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2004. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

Physical Description:

xiii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

GE180 .S855 2001eb

ISBNs:

141753978X (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

1053078717
56505826 [Invalid]