Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index.

1. Challenges. Institutional Challenges in Environmental Policy. Models of Public Policy. An Overview -- 2. Institutions I. The Statutory Framework. EPA as the Focus for Policy Making. The Regulatory Decision Process. Laws, Agencies, and Rule Making -- 3. Institutions II. Congress and Legislative Oversight. The White House and the Executive Branch. The Courts and Judicial Review. Intergovernmental Participants in Policy Making. Nongovernmental Influences on Policy. Citizen Participation as an Institutional Challenge. Institutional Analysis and Environmental Policy -- 4. Analyses. Risk Analysis and the Environment. Economic Analysis and the Environment. Issues in the Use of Risk Analysis and Economic Analysis. Analysis and the Environment -- 5. Problems. Some Characteristics of Environmental Problems. Defining Environmental Problems. Setting the Policy Agenda. Connections and Observations -- 6. Strategies. Policy Instruments. Strategies. A Strategy for Lead. Strategies and Policy Instruments -- 7. Prospects. The Environment, the Economy, and Democracy. Challenges and Trends in Environmental Policy. Visions of the Future. Rationality and Environmental Policy.