1st Edition
The Individual Vs. The Public Interest Political Ideology And National Forest Policy
By Richard M. Alston
Copyright 1984
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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Central to the controversy surrounding U. S. natural resources policy is the conflict between environmentalists and proponents of development. Examining the evolution of the philosophies underlying that conflict, Dr. Alston traces the failure to achieve a unified resources policy to the seemingly incompatible ideological positions held by resource specialists, interest groups, policymakers, econo... Read more
Preface -- Currents in Forest Policy -- The Crisis in Forest Planning -- Forest Service Policy in the United States: A Survey -- The Evolution of a Philosophical Foundation for Forest Policy -- The Rise of Individualism -- The Demise of the Positive State -- The Irrational Base of Consumer Sovereignty -- The State and Society: Germany’s Perspective and Influence -- Modern Forest and Resource Economics: A Culmination of the Evolution of Ideas -- Creative Change and Integration -- The Legitimate Role of the State in Forest Policy: Alternative Views -- Planning in the Age of Organization -- Bibliographical Essay
Biography
Dr. Richard M. Alston is Presidential Distinguished Professor of Economics at Weber State College and author of Forest: Goals and Decisionmaking in the Forest Service.
