Overview

The use of public lands in the western United States has become the focus of international, national, and regional debate. Public concern for wildlife, fish, wilderness, recreation, and other values associated with these lands has increased substantially since the 1960s. And that concern has clashed with the more user/extraction orientation of traditional interests. The priorities for management of these lands have become the subject of increasing controversy and litigation, particularly with regard to U.S. federal forests and rangelands. At the heart of this debate are differing philosophical and normative views about the natural environment and human relationship to that environment. This volume provides an analysis of public values and philosophical views about the environment from an interdisciplinary perspective and will be of interest to scholars and policymakers in public policy, business-government relations, and environmentalism.

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Author:   Brent S. Steel
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9780275956950

ISBN 10:   0275956954
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   26 August 1997
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Public Values, the Environment, and Public Lands An Introduction to Natural Resource Policy and the Environment: Changing Paradigms and Values by Brent S. Steel and Nicholas P. Lovrich Managing Federal Forests: National and Regional Public Orientations by Brent S. Steel, Peter List, and Bruce Shindler Sources of Variation in Attitudes and Beliefs about Federal Rangeland Management by Mark Brunson and Brent S. Steel Interests and Publics Political Communication Strategies of Interest Groups and Industry in Federal Forest Policy by Brent S. Steel and John C. Pierce Political Resources and Activities of Environmental Groups in Washington State by Debra Salazar Consensus and Dissension among Rural and Urban Publics Concerning Forest Management in the Pacific Northwest by Mark Brunson, Bruce Shindler, and Brent S. Steel County Government and the Public Lands: A Review of the County Supremacy Movement in Four Western States by Stephanie Witt and Leslie R. Alm The County Supremacy Movement and Public Lands in Oregon by Christopher A. Simon Changing Political Geometry: Public Lands and Natural Resources in Nevada by Kelly DeVine and Dennis L. Soden Case Studies The Siouxon Valley in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest by Richard Hansis Citizen Values and Participation in the Tongass National Forest Debate by Bruce Shindler An Oregon Case Study: Families, Gender Roles, and Timber Communities in Transformation by Jennifer Gilden References Index

Reviews

The book is well referenced and includes abundant tables. An evenhanded treatment of contentious issues, suitable for upper-division undergraduates through professionals. -Choice Public Lands Management in the West...will be of interest to scholars and policymakers in public policy, business-government relations, and environmentalism. -Environmental Law [S]tudents of history should ...find the book valuable in that it addresses important contemporary socioeconomic trends that have always interested historians: ....This is one volume by our disciplinary neighbors that historians will find worth consulting, especially those of us who work in the Pacific Northwest. -Pacific Northwest Quarterly S tudents of history should ...find the book valuable in that it addresses important contemporary socioeconomic trends that have always interested historians: ....This is one volume by our disciplinary neighbors that historians will find worth consulting, especially those of us who work in the Pacific Northwest. -Pacific Northwest Quarterly ?Public Lands Management in the West...will be of interest to scholars and policymakers in public policy, business-government relations, and environmentalism.?-Environmental Law ?The book is well referenced and includes abundant tables. An evenhanded treatment of contentious issues, suitable for upper-division undergraduates through professionals.?-Choice ?[S]tudents of history should ...find the book valuable in that it addresses important contemporary socioeconomic trends that have always interested historians: ....This is one volume by our disciplinary neighbors that historians will find worth consulting, especially those of us who work in the Pacific Northwest.?-Pacific Northwest Quarterly ?The volume edited by Brent Steel has much to offer observers in both of these natural resource policy categories....[I]t also has much to offer students in the broader fields of policy studies and political science....[T]his book leads the reader through the heart....[O]f the value conflicts that define federal land policy....[T]he quality of all the chapters if quite high....[I]n any event, Brent Steel and the other contributors to this volume deserve a hearty congratulations for a job well done! They have produced a project well worth reading by observers in the natural resource policy field and by anyone who wants to see how the models and techniques of political science can be brought to bear on a policy issue with skill and effectiveness.?-American Politics The volume edited by Brent Steel has much to offer observers in both of these natural resource policy categories....[I]t also has much to offer students in the broader fields of policy studies and political science....[T]his book leads the reader through the heart....[O]f the value conflicts that define federal land policy....[T]he quality of all the chapters if quite high....[I]n any event, Brent Steel and the other contributors to this volume deserve a hearty congratulations for a job well done! They have produced a project well worth reading by observers in the natural resource policy field and by anyone who wants to see how the models and techniques of political science can be brought to bear on a policy issue with skill and effectiveness. -American Politics

The volume edited by Brent Steel has much to offer observers in both of these natural resource policy categories....[I]t also has much to offer students in the broader fields of policy studies and political science....[T]his book leads the reader through the heart....[O]f the value conflicts that define federal land policy....[T]he quality of all the chapters if quite high....[I]n any event, Brent Steel and the other contributors to this volume deserve a hearty congratulations for a job well done! They have produced a project well worth reading by observers in the natural resource policy field and by anyone who wants to see how the models and techniques of political science can be brought to bear on a policy issue with skill and effectiveness. -American Politics

Author Information

BRENT S. STEEL is Associate Professor of Political Science at Washington State University in Vancouver. He is the coauthor of Citizens, Political Communication, and Interest Groups (Praeger, 1992).

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