Overview

California has a world-wide reputation as a pioneer of innovative policies for the control of air pollution by motor vehicles. This book analyzes the difficulties which the state has encountered in developing and implementing these policies. The author uses an analytical framework drawn from the leading theories of public policy formation, such as policy communities, to address the issues raised by California's policy-making experience. This study shows how an ambitious attempt to encourage the use of electrically-powered vehicles has faced technological constraints, consumer resistance and political opposition. Other policies developed in the state, such as dealing with ""gross emitters"", trip reduction programmes and the construction of light rail and subway systems are also critically examined. The concluding chapter relates Californian experience to the developing debate in Britain and the European Union about air pollution from motor vehicles.

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'This book is both readable and well-researched. As such it is to be recommended to anyone, that is lay (wo)men and experts alike, interested in air pollution policy in the developed world.'

'This book is both readable and well-researched. As such it is to be recommended to anyone, that is lay (wo)men and experts alike, interested in air pollution policy in the developed world.' -- Adam Seymour, Journal of Energy Literature 'It is well worth reading for anyone interested in the Sunshine State , and/or air pollution reduction policies, providing as it does an insight into how and why things developed as they did, and under what circumstances.' -- Marcus Enoch, Environmental Politics 'A useful, comprehensive primer on development and implementation of air quality management policies in California, Autos, Smog and Pollution Control ranges widely. This volume should find use in classes on policymaking, planning, urban politics, public administration, and environmental studies as a reality test case against which theories, policy instruments, and analysis tools could be tested.' -- John J. Kirlin, American Politics

`This book is both readable and well-researched. As such it is to be recommended to anyone, that is lay (wo)men and experts alike, interested in air pollution policy in the developed world.' -- Adam Seymour, Journal of Energy Literature `It is well worth reading for anyone interested in the Sunshine State , and/or air pollution reduction policies, providing as it does an insight into how and why things developed as they did, and under what circumstances.' -- Marcus Enoch, Environmental Politics `A useful, comprehensive primer on development and implementation of air quality management policies in California, Autos, Smog and Pollution Control ranges widely. This volume should find use in classes on policymaking, planning, urban politics, public administration, and environmental studies as a reality test case against which theories, policy instruments, and analysis tools could be tested.' -- John J. Kirlin, American Politics

'This book is both readable and well-researched. As such it is to be recommended to anyone, that is lay (wo)men and experts alike, interested in air pollution policy in the developed world.' -- Adam Seymour, Journal of Energy Literature 'It is well worth reading for anyone interested in the Sunshine State , and/or air pollution reduction policies, providing as it does an insight into how and why things developed as they did, and under what circumstances.' -- Marcus Enoch, Environmental Politics 'A useful, comprehensive primer on development and implementation of air quality management policies in California, Autos, Smog and Pollution Control ranges widely. This volume should find use in classes on policymaking, planning, urban politics, public administration, and environmental studies as a reality test case against which theories, policy instruments, and analysis tools could be tested.' -- John J. Kirlin, American Politics

Author Information

Wyn P. Grant, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK

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