It is well known that American businesses make an effort to influence                  environmental policy by attempting to set the political agenda and to influence                  regulations and legislation. This book examines what is not so well known: the                  extent to which business succeeds in its policy interventions. In Business and                  Environmental Policy, a team of distinguished scholars systematically analyzes                  corporate influence at all stages of the policy process, focusing on the factors                  that determine the success or failure of business lobbying in Congress, state                  legislatures, local governments, federal and state agencies, and the courts. These                  experts consider whether business influence is effectively counterbalanced by the                  efforts of environmental groups, public opinion, and other forces.The book also                  examines the use of the media to influence public opinion--as in the battle over                  drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--and corporations' efforts to sway                  elections by making campaign contributions. Because the book goes well beyond the                  existing literature--much of which is narrow, descriptive, and anecdotal--to provide                  broad-based empirical evidence of corporate influence on environmental policy, it                  makes an original and important contribution and is appropriate for a variety of                  undergraduate and graduate courses.

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