Environmental Politics | Subject and Course Guides

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Subject:

Public and International Affairs

Course number:

PLS 209

Books & Library Materials

U.S. environmental policy and politics : a documentary history

American environmental policy, 1990-2006 : beyond gridlock

Environmental politics: new geographical and social constituencies

American environmental policy: the failures of compliance, abatement, and mitigation

Political Economy and Instruments of Environmental Politics

Understanding Environmental Policy

The handbook of global climate and environment policy

Environmental politics: scale and power

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