Managing Leviathan
Subtitle: environmental politics and the administrative state
By: edited by Robert Paehlke and Douglas Torgerson.
Contributors: Paehlke, Robert.; Torgerson, Douglas, 1948-
Edition: 2nd ed., rev.
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont; Orchard Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Environmental policy -- Canada.; Environmental policy -- United States.; Bureaucracy -- Canada.; Bureaucracy -- United States.; Public administration.
Description: "Managing Leviathan illustrates the nature of environmental problems from genetically modified crops to climate change, from urban sprawl to toxic chemicals to trace pharmaceuticals in our water supply. Understanding these problems, and how they might be resolved, requires that we transcend the divisions of government, economy, and knowledge. Solutions often also require the mobilization of citizen knowledge and values. Are governments and bureaucracies up to the complex task? How might they adapt to be better suited to meet the new environmental challenges that continuously arise?" "This extensively revised edition of Managing Leviathan expands from a North American to a global perspective and includes new articles on both European and Australian experiences as well as on transnational environmental issues. The overall pattern is remarkably clear: environmental administration demands integrative thinking and new forms of direct public involvement in governance."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.