American Public Policy

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American Public Policy

• Environmental Policy
• Political Science 316
• Mark Stephan

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Last Class and Todays Class

• Political Reasoning
• Civil Rights Policies
• Environmental Policy and its connections back to
  class ideas

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More on Civil Rights Policies

• Symbols, Numbers, Causes
• Solutions
• Rights, Powers

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Environmental Policy

• What do we mean when we say environmental
  policy? What is it?
• Other policy sectors that tie in
• Another reason for controversy

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The Evolution of Environmental Policy

• Early policy
• What changed?
• Consensual, contentious, paradigm shifting
• Actions and reactions
• Partisanship and public opinion

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Policy Types in the Env. Arena

• What kinds of policies are used in the
  environmental arena? Tap back into the last two
  months of lectures to answer this question
• Outputs and Outcomes..

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Hot Topics

• What are the major environmental issues of our
  time? Why are they so important? What are the
  politics of these issues?