Building the American Green State: The States, the Federal Government, and Intercurrence, 1800-2000

How US federal and state environmental agencies have developed, and how the intersection of these agencies impacts policymaking today.

In this history of the development of US federal and state environmental agencies, this book shows how past laws and agencies and federal-state differences create roadblocks to building effective environmental policy today. Examining the role of states in environmental management from the late 1700s through 2000, Christopher McGrory Klyza focuses on the inter...