Bringing society back in : grassroots ecosystem management, accountability, and sustainable communities /

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Author / Creator:	Weber, Edward P.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	American and comparative environmental policy American and comparative environmental policy.
Subject:	Environmental policy -- Citizen participation. Environmental policy -- Northwest, Pacific -- Citizen participation -- Case studies. Environmental protection -- Citizen participation. Environmental protection -- Northwest, Pacific -- Citizen participation -- Case studies. Environmental policy -- Citizen participation. Environmental protection -- Citizen participation. Pacific Northwest. Electronic books. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11119477

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ISBN:	9780262285858 0262285851 0585446725 9780585446721 0262731517 9780262731515 026223226X 9780262232265
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-310) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In the last two decades, people in a growing number of localities in the United States have developed grassroots ecosystem management (GREM) as a means to resolve policy problems affecting their environment, economy, and communities. Ad hoc and voluntary groups of environmentalists, developers, businesspeople, federal and state resource managers, farmers, loggers, local citizens, and those representing recreation interests use deliberation and consensus to enhance public policy performance. Instead of focusing on specific issues such as air pollution, GREM emphasizes the integrated management of entire watersheds and ecosystems. But what happens to democratic accountability in these collaborative efforts? Despite concerns that they might result in special interest government, the acceleration of environmental degradation, and an end-run around national environmental protection laws, this book suggests otherwise.Bringing Society Back In establishes a theoretical framework for exploring issues of policy performance and democratic accountability raised by GREM. Through three case studies--the Applegate Partnership in Oregon, the Henry's Fork Watershed Council in Idaho, and the Willapa Alliance in Washington state--it explores the mechanisms used to determine how accountability works. The book finds that by combining traditional and formal governance structures with informal institutions, GREM can be accountable to individuals, communities, surrounding regions, and the nation. The book also identifies conditions under which GREM is most likely to achieve democratic accountability. In addition, it investigates the connection between accountability and policy performance. The evidence suggests that GREM can produce environmental policy outcomes that are supportive not only of the environment and economy, but also of environmental sustainability.
Other form:	Print version: Weber, Edward P. Bringing society back in. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003 0262731517

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Changing Institutions, Accountability, and Policy Performance
2. Rural Communities Embrace Grassroots Ecosystem Management
3. Operationalizing Accountability in a Decentralized, Collaborative, Shared-Power World
4. Applegate Partnership: "Practice Trust, Them Is Us"
5. Coping with Conflicting Water Resource Demands in the Henry's Fork Watershed
6. Preserving and Restoring Natural Resources in a Pristine, Nature-Dependent Community: The Case of the Willapa Alliance
7. Temporal-Environmental Dimension of Accountability: Building Community Capacity and Commitment to Sustainability
8. Accountability and Policy Performance through Governance and Government.

Bringing society back in : grassroots ecosystem management, accountability, and sustainable communities /

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