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- White House Politics and the Environment: Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
- Series: Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and Leadership
summary
Presidents and their administrations since the 1960s have become increasingly active in environmental politics, despite their touted lack of expertise and their apparent frequent discomfort with the issue.
In White House Politics and the Environment: Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush, Byron W. Daynes and Glen Sussman study the multitude of resources presidents can use in their attempts to set the public agenda. They also provide a framework for considering the environmental direction and impact of U.S. presidents during the last seven decades, permitting an assessment of each president in terms of how his administration either aided or hindered the advancement of environmental issues.
Employing four factors—political communication, legislative leadership, administrative actions, and environmental diplomacy—as a matrix for examining the environmental records of the presidents, Daynes and Sussman’s analysis and discussion allow them to sort each of the twelve occupants of the White House included in this study into one of three categories, ranging from less to more environmentally friendly.
Environmental leaders and public policy professionals will appreciate White House Politics and the Environment for its thorough and wide-ranging examination of how presidential resources have been brought to bear on environmental issues.
Table of Contents
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- Table and Figure
- p. vi
- Part One: Presidents Having a Positive Impact on the Environment
- Chapter 3 Richard Nixon
- pp. 66-83
- Chapter 4 Jimmy Carter
- pp. 84-100
- Chapter 5 Bill Clinton
- pp. 101-120
- Part Two: Presidents Having a Mixed Impact on the Environment
- Chapter 6 Dwight D. Eisenhower
- pp. 123-138
- Chapter 7 Gerald Ford
- pp. 139-154
- chapter 8 George H. W. Bush
- pp. 155-170
- Part Three: Presidents Having a Negative Impact on the Environment
- Chapter 9 Ronald Reagan
- pp. 173-188
- Chapter 10 George W. Bush
- pp. 189-209
Additional Information
ISBN
9781603442541
Related ISBN(s)
9781603442039
MARC Record
OCLC
670419432
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No