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Voices and Echoes for the Environment
Ronald G. Shaiko
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Description for Voices and Echoes for the Environment
Paperback. Focusing on national environmental organizations, including Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, The Wilderness Society, and Environmental Defense Fund, Voices and Echoes for the Environment demonstrates how the demands of organizational maintenance encroach on the goal of effective policy influence. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 300 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JPA; JPWD; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
What are the challenges facing public interest groups as a result of their transformation from the small, grassroots groups of the 1960s into the large, professionalized, multi-billion dollar industry of the '90s? How might public interest groups meet these challenges as they move into the next century? Focusing on national environmental organizations, including Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, The Wilderness Society, and Environmental Defense Fund, Voices and Echoes for the Environment demonstrates how the demands of organizational maintenance encroach on the goal of effective policy influence.
What are the challenges facing public interest groups as a result of their transformation from the small, grassroots groups of the 1960s into the large, professionalized, multi-billion dollar industry of the '90s? How might public interest groups meet these challenges as they move into the next century? Focusing on national environmental organizations, including Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, The Wilderness Society, and Environmental Defense Fund, Voices and Echoes for the Environment demonstrates how the demands of organizational maintenance encroach on the goal of effective policy influence.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231113557
SKU
V9780231113557
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About Ronald G. Shaiko
Ronald G. Shaiko is associate professor of government in the School of Public Affairs at American University, where he is also the founder and academic director of the Lobbying Institute in the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. He is currently serving as a Democracy Fellow in the Center for Democracy and Governance at the United States Agency for International ... Read more
Reviews for Voices and Echoes for the Environment
An insightful analysis of the 1990's mainstream environmental movement viewed as organizations and businesses. Chice Focusing on the Environmental Defense Fund and Environmental Action,... Voices and Echoes for the Environment examines the implications, especially for relations between leaders and rank and file, of the massive growth in membership and budgets since the 1960s... On the evidence of [this] book, the ... Read more