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Author Martinez, J. Michael (James Michael), author.

Title Environmental sustainability and American public administration : past, present, and future / J. Michael Martinez.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 319 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Defining and understanding sustainability -- The "dismal science" of economics -- The ethics of sustainability -- The rise of the American administrative state -- The development of federal environmental law -- A brief history of the modern movement -- Interest groups and the environmental lobby -- Sustainability and American public administration: where do we go from here?
Summary This book discusses the many meanings of "sustainability," explores the importance of economics in environmental policy-making, and highlights the schools of thought in environmental ethics. It concludes that public administrators can play an important role in ensuring that environmental sustainability is an integral part of American government
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Environmental policy -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Environmental policy -- Economic aspects.
United States.
Environmental economics -- United States.
Environmental economics.
Sustainability -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Environmentalism -- United States.
Sustainability.
Environmental ethics -- United States.
Environmental ethics.
Environmentalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Other Form: Print version: Martinez, J. Michael (James Michael). Environmental sustainability and American public administration. Lanham : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2016] 9781498509664 (DLC) 2016037292
ISBN 9781498509671 (electronic book)
1498509673 (electronic book)
9781498509664 (hardcover)
1498509665 (hardcover)