Defending Illusions
Subtitle: Federal Protection of Ecosystems (The Political Economy Forum)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,  Inc.; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: August 28, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780847694228
Subjects: Applied ecology; Central government policies; Environmental economics; Political economy; Nature; Environmental Studies; Nature/Ecology; USA; Environmental Science; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Public Affairs & Administration; Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Ecosystem management; Government policy; United States
Description: Fitzsimmons "examines the science, philosophy, and law of ecosystems management and shows how efforts to make federal protection of ecosystems the centerpiece of national environmental policy are driven by religious veneration of Mother Earth wrapped in a veil of weak science."