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Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the American Political System (American and Comparative Environmental Policy (Paperback)) by Michael E. Kraft and Sheldon Kamieniecki is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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In this work, scholars and policy experts examine the extent of business influence on environmental policy and the effect of corporate lobbying on public opinion, congressional action, agency policy making, court intervention, and state and local government. It is well known that American businesses make an effort to influence environmental policy by attempting to set the political agenda and to influence regulations and legislation. This book examines what is not so well known: the extent to which business succeeds in its policy interventions. In "Business and Environmental Policy", a team of distinguished scholars systematically analyzes corporate influence at all stages of the policy process, focusing on the factors that determine the success or failure of business lobbying in Congress, state legislatures, local governments, federal and state agencies, and the courts. These experts consider whether business influence is effectively counterbalanced by the efforts of environmental groups, public opinion, and other forces. The book also examines the use of the media to influence public opinion - as in the battle over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - and corporation
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- Author
- Michael E. Kraft and Sheldon Kamieniecki
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780262113052
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Business, Management
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