Includes bibliographical references and index.

Environmental policy from the 1970s to the 1990s : an overview / Michael E. Kraft and Norman J. Vig -- Power to the states : the promise and pitfalls of decentralization / Barry G. Rabe -- Seizing back the day : the challenge to environmental activism in the 1990s / Christopher J. Bosso -- Environmental values and public policy / Robert C. Paehlke -- Presidential leadership and the environment : from Reagan to Clinton / Norman J. Vig -- Environmental policy in Congress : revolution, reform, or gridlock? / Michael E. Kraft -- The EPA at risk : conflicts over institutional reform / Walter A. Rosenbaum -- Environmental policy in the courts / Lettie McSpadden -- 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 -- The greening of industry : achievement and potential / Daniel Press and Daniel A. Mazmanian -- From Stockholm to Rio and beyond : the evolution of global environmental governance / Marvin S. Soroos -- Environmental policy and management in the European union / Regina S. Axelrod -- Environment, population, and the developing world / Richard J. Tobin -- International trade and environmental regulation / David Vogel -- The new environmental agenda / Norman J. Vig and Michael E. Kraft.