Speaking Green with a Southern Accent: Environmental Management and Innovation in the South

by David A. Breaux (Contribution by), Gerald A. Emison (Contribution by), Deborah R. Gallagher (Contribution by), Erin Holmes (Contribution by), Madeleine W. McNamara (Contribution by)

Overview

The nation's environmental policy approaches and methods are becoming more flexible and diverse, with state governments composing the fulcrum of policy changes. Southern environmental politics and policy are especially valuable when considering a changing environmental policy landscape because they present a contradiction of caution and innovation. This caution derives from the South's well-documented traditional culture while this innovation crosses geographical, pollution media, and intergovernmental levels. Environmental protection in the South must take this paradox into account if progress is to be successful.
This book studies Southern environmental policy and politics in order to understand the concrete realities of the Southeast and extend those realities' understanding to other regions of the country. It analyzes a series of cases that describe the state of environmental policy implementation and management in the South. These case studies cover a range of environmental areas, including air quality, drinking water and wastewater, brownfields, collaborative environmental management, and environmental justice, among others. These cases explore the diversity and flexibility which compose the dominant characters of environmental management today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739146514
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/25/2010
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Gerald Andrews Emison is associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Mississippi State University.
John C. Morris is professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Public Administration at Old Dominion University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figure ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

1 Tradition and Adaptation: The Postmodern Environmental Management System Gerald Andrews Emison John C. Morris 1

2 State Commitment to Environmental Quality in the South: A Regional Analysis David A. Breaux Gerald Andrews Emison John C. Morris Rick Travis 19

3 Ozone Air Quality Management and Southeastern Distinctiveness Gerald Andrews Emison 35

4 Dirty Water, Clean Water: Infrastructure Funding and State Discretion in Southern States John C. Morris 45

5 Water Wars in the South: Considering the ACT and ACF Interstate Compacts James Newman 65

6 Collaboration in Environmental Policy Implementation: Brownfields Programs in North Carolina and Florida Deborah R. Gallagher 81

7 Agricultural Workers and Environmental Justice: An Assessment of the Federal Worker Protection Standards Celeste Murphy-Greene 95

8 A State Government Faces Environmental Management Change: Mississippi's Department of Environmental Quality Gerald Andrews Emison 115

9 Collaborative Environmental Management within a Traditionalistic Political Culture: An Unconventional Approach to Resolving "Wicked" Problems Madeleine W. McNamara 129

10 The Biofuel Policy in the American Southeast: How Will the Southern States Manage the Potential? Erin Holmes 149

11 Distinctively South: Lessons for the Future of Environmental Management and Policy Implementation John C. Morris Gerald Andrews Emison 171

About the Contributors 181

What People are Saying About This

R. Bruce Anderson

Emison and Morris's book is a thoughtful, timely piece critically needed in the classroom. In the wake of the challenge of disasters both natural and man-made, it helps to explain the uniquely 'Southern' policy approach. It is relevant to student focus, stylish in delivery and superb in its treatment of a crucial subject.

Joseph A. Aistrup

This book covers the waterfront of Southern environmental problems and policies, exposing the variations in administrative capacity by state and environmental policy arena. No other book provides such a rich description and detailed explanation of the state of environmental policy regulation in the South as the region transitions from a command and control regulatory regime to one of cooperation and market based solutions.

Editorial Reviews

Emison and Morris's book is a thoughtful, timely piece critically needed in the classroom. In the wake of the challenge of disasters both natural and man-made, it helps to explain the uniquely 'Southern' policy approach. It is relevant to student focus, stylish in delivery and superb in its treatment of a crucial subject.

R. Bruce Anderson

There are a wealth of books about the vibrant past and folklore of the southern US. However, little is written about the South's innovative environmental protection strategies. This work provides a highly readable account of how southern environmental policy evolved into a modern green movement driven by sustainable principles. The book begins with an explanation of the roles of the southern states in early American environmental policy. This leads to a chapter explaining the way state policies influence emerging approaches for resolving environmental quality issues. Authors then discuss air and water quality concerns unique to the southern states, and also mention agricultural development, alternative energy, and brownfields. Case studies in each chapter convey the particular environmental concerns and unique strategies being used to resolve the issue. Each chapter is written by an author with expertise on the topic presented and includes ample contemporary references. The book gives an exceptional perspective of how southern environmental management strategies fit into national and global environmental concerns. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries, especially regional collections.

Choice Reviews

This book covers the waterfront of Southern environmental problems and policies, exposing the variations in administrative capacity by state and environmental policy arena. No other book provides such a rich description and detailed explanation of the state of environmental policy regulation in the South as the region transitions from a command and control regulatory regime to one of cooperation and market based solutions.--Joseph A. Aistrup, Kansas State University

Emison and Morris's book is a thoughtful, timely piece critically needed in the classroom. In the wake of the challenge of disasters both natural and man-made, it helps to explain the uniquely 'Southern' policy approach. It is relevant to student focus, stylish in delivery and superb in its treatment of a crucial subject.--R. Bruce Anderson

There are a wealth of books about the vibrant past and folklore of the southern US. However, little is written about the South's innovative environmental protection strategies. This work provides a highly readable account of how southern environmental policy evolved into a modern green movement driven by sustainable principles. The book begins with an explanation of the roles of the southern states in early American environmental policy. This leads to a chapter explaining the way state policies influence emerging approaches for resolving environmental quality issues. Authors then discuss air and water quality concerns unique to the southern states, and also mention agricultural development, alternative energy, and brownfields. Case studies in each chapter convey the particular environmental concerns and unique strategies being used to resolve the issue. Each chapter is written by an author with expertise on the topic presented and includes ample contemporary references. The book gives an exceptional perspective of how southern environmental management strategies fit into national and global environmental concerns. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries, especially regional collections.--CHOICE

From the Publisher

This book covers the waterfront of Southern environmental problems and policies, exposing the variations in administrative capacity by state and environmental policy arena. No other book provides such a rich description and detailed explanation of the state of environmental policy regulation in the South as the region transitions from a command and control regulatory regime to one of cooperation and market based solutions.

Joseph A. Aistrup

There are a wealth of books about the vibrant past and folklore of the southern US. However, little is written about the South's innovative environmental protection strategies. This work provides a highly readable account of how southern environmental policy evolved into a modern green movement driven by sustainable principles. The book begins with an explanation of the roles of the southern states in early American environmental policy. This leads to a chapter explaining the way state policies influence emerging approaches for resolving environmental quality issues. Authors then discuss air and water quality concerns unique to the southern states, and also mention agricultural development, alternative energy, and brownfields. Case studies in each chapter convey the particular environmental concerns and unique strategies being used to resolve the issue. Each chapter is written by an author with expertise on the topic presented and includes ample contemporary references. The book gives an exceptional perspective of how southern environmental management strategies fit into national and global environmental concerns. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries, especially regional collections.

CHOICE

There are a wealth of books about the vibrant past and folklore of the southern US. However, little is written about the South's innovative environmental protection strategies. This work provides a highly readable account of how southern environmental policy evolved into a modern green movement driven by sustainable principles. The book begins with an explanation of the roles of the southern states in early American environmental policy. This leads to a chapter explaining the way state policies influence emerging approaches for resolving environmental quality issues. Authors then discuss air and water quality concerns unique to the southern states, and also mention agricultural development, alternative energy, and brownfields. Case studies in each chapter convey the particular environmental concerns and unique strategies being used to resolve the issue. Each chapter is written by an author with expertise on the topic presented and includes ample contemporary references. The book gives an exceptional perspective of how southern environmental management strategies fit into national and global environmental concerns. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries, especially regional collections.

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