The Lilliputians of Environmental Regulation: The Perspective of State Regulators - Rilegato

Pautz, Michelle C.; Rinfret, Sara

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ISBN 10: 0415808154 ISBN 13: 9780415808156

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2012

Riassunto

When we think about environmental policy and regulation in the U.S., our attention invariably falls on the federal level and, more specifically, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Although such a focus is understandable, it neglects the actors most responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the nation's environmental laws - the states.  Recognition of the importance of the states still ignores an even smaller subsection of actors, inspectors.  These front-line actors in state environmental agencies are the individuals responsible for writing environmental rules and ensuring compliance with those rules.  They play an important role in the environmental regulatory state.

With data collected from more than 1,200 inspectors across 17 states, Michelle C. Pautz and Sara R. Rinfret take a closer look at these neglected actors to better understand how environmental regulators perceive the regulated community and how they characterize their interactions with them.  In doing so, they explore the role these front-line actors play, what it is like to be them, what they think of their place in the environmental regulatory system, and how they interact with the regulated community.

An original, timely and unmatched volume advancing the debate on the future of environmental regulation in the U.S.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Michelle C. Pautz is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Dayton where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration, environmental policy, and public policy. Her work has been published in Administration & Society, Administrative Theory & Praxis, Journal of Environmental Studies & Sciences, Policy Studies Journal, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Review of Policy Research, among others.

Sara R. Rinfret is an assistant professor of political science at Hartwick College. She teaches undergraduate courses in regulatory policy, public policy, public administration, and environmental policy. Her work has been published in Society and Natural Resources, Environmental Politics, Review of Policy Research, PS: Political Science & Politics, Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy, and Human Dimensions of Wildlife, among others.

Contenuti:

1. Setting the Stage for the Lilliputians 2. Who are the Lilliputians? 3. The Lilliputians’ Perceptions 4. A Fusion of Styles: Regulatory Enforcement Style and the Lilliputians 5. Lilliputians and their Regulatory Interactions 6. Recognizing the Unnoticed: The Evolving Role of the Lilliputians

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0415808154
• ISBN 13: 9780415808156
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 148