US Environmental Policy in Action

Sara R. Rinfret is Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Montana, USA. She co-authored The Lilliputians of Environmental Regulation: The Perspective of State Regulators with Michelle Pautz. Michelle C. Pautz is Associate Professor of political science at the University of Dayton, USA. She is co-author of The Lilliputians of Environmental Regulation: The Perspective of State Regulators with Sara Rinfret.

1. Environmental Policy in Practice 2. Contextualizing Environmental Policy 3. The Messy Process of Making Environmental Policy 4. Official Actors in the Policy Process 5. Unofficial Actors in the Policy Process 6. Translating Vague Statutes into Rules and Regulations 7. Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Implementing Environmental Policy 8. Is it Working? Evaluating Environmental Policy 9. Understanding Environmental Policy From the Ground Up