Includes bibliographical references and index.

Environmental policy from the 1970s to the 1990s : continuity and change / Michael E. Kraft and Norman J. Vig -- After the movement : environmental activism in the 1990s / Christopher J. Bosso -- A new federalism? : environmental policy in the states / James P. Lester -- Presidential leadership and the environment : from Reagan and Bush to Clinton / Norman J. Vig -- Environmental gridlock : searching for consensus in Congress / Michael E. Kraft -- The clenched fist and the open hand : into the 1990s at EPA / Walter A. Rosenbaum -- Environmental policy in the courts / Lettie M. Wenner -- Evaluating environmental policy success and failure / Robert V. Bartlett -- Economics, incentives, and environmental regulation / A. Myrick Freeman III -- Risk-based decisionmaking / Richard N.L. Andrews -- The "NIMBY" syndrome : facility siting and the failure of democratic discourse / Daniel A. Mazmanian and David Morell -- Environmental policy and management in the European Community / Regina S. Axelrod -- Environment, population, and economic development / Richard J. Tobin -- From Stockholm to Rio : the evolution of global environmental governance / Marvin S. Soroos -- National security and the environment / Odelia Funke -- Environmental values and public policy / Robert C. Paehlke -- Conclusion : the new environmental agenda / Norman J. Vig and Michael E. Kraft.