White House Politics and the Environment : Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush.

By: Daynes, Byron WContributor(s): Sussman, GlenMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and LeadershipPublisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781603442541Subject(s): Environmental management -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies | Environmental policy -- United States -- Decision making -- Case studies | Political culture -- United States -- Case studies | Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies | Presidents -- United States -- Case studies | United States -- Politics and government -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: White House Politics and the Environment : Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. BushDDC classification: 333.7092/273 LOC classification: JK511 -- .D39 2010ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Table and Figure -- Preface -- introduction The Modern Presidency and the Environment -- part one: presidents having a positive impacton the environment -- chapter 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman -- chapter 2 John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson -- chapter 3 Richard Nixon -- chapter 4 Jimmy Carter -- chapter 5 Bill Clinton -- part two: presidents having a mixed impacton the environment -- chapter 6 Dwight D. Eisenhower -- chapter 7 Gerald Ford -- chapter 8 George H. W. Bush -- part three: presidents having a negative impacton the environment -- chapter 9 Ronald Reagan -- chapter 10 George W. Bush -- conclusion Comparing the Modern Presidents' EnvironmentalPolicies -- Notes -- Index.
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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Table and Figure -- Preface -- introduction The Modern Presidency and the Environment -- part one: presidents having a positive impacton the environment -- chapter 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman -- chapter 2 John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson -- chapter 3 Richard Nixon -- chapter 4 Jimmy Carter -- chapter 5 Bill Clinton -- part two: presidents having a mixed impacton the environment -- chapter 6 Dwight D. Eisenhower -- chapter 7 Gerald Ford -- chapter 8 George H. W. Bush -- part three: presidents having a negative impacton the environment -- chapter 9 Ronald Reagan -- chapter 10 George W. Bush -- conclusion Comparing the Modern Presidents' EnvironmentalPolicies -- Notes -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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