Originally published: Environmental policy in the 1990's. 3rd ed. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 1997. Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Environmental policy and politics in transition. Environmental policy from the 1970s to 2000 : an overview / Michael E. Kraft and Norman J. Vig -- Power to the states : the promise and pitfalls of decentralization / Barry G. Rabe -- Environmental groups and the new political landscape / Christopher J. Bosso -- Environmental values and public policy / Robert C. Paehlke -- II. Federal institutions and policy change. Presidential leadership and the environment : from Reagan to Clinton / Norman J. Vig -- Environmental policy in Congress : from consensus to gridlock / Michael E. Kraft -- Environmental policy in the courts / Lettie McSpadden -- Escaping the "battered agency syndrome" : EPA's gamble with regulatory reinvention / Walter A. Rosenbaum -- III. Public policy dilemmas. Economics, incentives, and environmental regulation / A. Myrick Freeman III -- Risk-based decisionmaking / Richard N.L. Andrews -- Environmental justice : normative concerns and empirical evidence / Evan J. Ringquist -- Understanding the transition to a sustainable economy / Daniel Press and Daniel A. Mazmanian. IV. Global and domestic issues and controversies. Climate policy on the installment plan / Lamont C. Hempel -- Natural resource policies in the twenty-first century / William R. Lowry -- Environment, population, and the developing world / Richard J. Tobin -- International trade and environmental regulation / David Vogel -- V. Conclusion. Toward sustainable development / Norman J. Vig and Michael E. Kraft.