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Environmental conflict resolution (ECR) is a process of negotiation that allows stakeholder in a dispute to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement on their own terms. The tools of ECR, such as facilitation, mediation, and conflict assessment, suggest that it fits well with other ideas for reforming environmental policy. First used in 1974, ECR has been an official part of policymaking since the mid-1990s. This book describes the kinds of disp...

Named Best Book in Public and Nonprofit Management, 1999-2000 Academy of Management Named Best Book in Environmental Management, 1999 American Society for Public Administration Leaking landfills, oil contamination, illegal waste disposal, and pervasive air pollution. . .

Examines the impact of hundreds of federal court decisions on the policies and administration of the EPA since its inception in 1970. This title presents case studies of five important policy areas: water quality, pesticides, toxic substances, air quality, and hazardous wastes.

This edited volume will reproduce abridged and revised versions of the best papers from the third Minnowbrook Conference, which was hosted by Syracuse University in the fall of 2008. The Minnowbrook Conference is a once-in-a-generation event. It's held once every twenty years to bring together the top scholars in public administration and public management to reflect on the state of the field and future directions. The contributors are a mix o...

A once-in-a-generation event held every twenty years, the Minnowbrook conference brings together the top scholars in public administration and public management to reflect on the state of the field and its future. This unique volume brings together a group of distinguished authors--both seasoned and new--for a rare critical examination of the field of public administration yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The book begins by examining the ideas ...

Coining a new term, O'Leary describes government guerrillas-public servants who are dissatisfied with the actions of the public organizations they work for, but who choose not to go public with their concerns. Instead, they work against the wishes of their superiors and run the spectrum of constructive contributors to deviant destroyers

Environmental conflict resolution (ECR) is a process of negotiation that allows stakeholders in a dispute to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement on their own terms. The tools of ECR, such as facilitation, mediation, and conflict assessment, suggest that it fits well with other ideas for reforming environmental policy. First used in 1974, ECR has been an official part of policymaking since the mid-1990s. This is the first book to evaluate s...

Public managers not only have to function as leaders within their agencies, they must also establish and coordinate multi-organizational networks of other public agencies, private contractors, and the public. This book addresses the issues that affect government managers worldwide.