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Forest resource policy
| Author: |
Cubbage, Frederick W.; O'Laughlin, Jay; Bullock, Charles S., III |
| Date: |
[1993] |
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New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. |
| Abstract: |
This textbook on forest resource policy culminates many years of work on an increasingly important subject. Most of the issues and problems facing resource professionals today are related to public opinions about and demands for use of forest resources. The state of our biophysical knowledge, skills, and teaching has advanced rapidly in the last two decades. At the same time, the study of forest policy has developed into a separate educational and scientific discipline, drawing upon political science as well as traditional forestry, wildlife, recreation, and range management. This textbook is designed to provide a synthesis of policy analysis frameworks, civics, and forest resource programs to help teach resource professionals about political processes and resource management. The textbook is intended for classes composed of upper-level undergraduate students or graduate students. It assumes that the students will have had classes in American government, and will vaguely remember the concepts, but not many of the details. The book relies on classic and modern political science literature to discuss the policy process in order to help conceptualize how policy is made, institutional analyses in order to understand how the government and interest groups participate, and case studies of how they seek political advantages in setting policies and controlling resources. The last section of the text discusses the forestry, wildlife, range and recreation programs, and laws that are the result of politics, and integrate political process material discussed earlier with the current status of forest resource programs. This integration of processes, participants, programs, and cases should help resource professionals understand how public values and opinions about forests are formed and coalesced, and how they are developed into public programs, affecting both public and private forests. This synthesis should help students understand current programs and politics, and help them anticipate future issues and respond better as resource managers. The book also should serve as a standard reference for information on forest resource laws and programs. The book is divided into three sections and an appendix. It is meant for use in one quarter or semester course. All or some of the chapters may be used in a course depending on the topical interests of the instructor and the time available. The first section of the book, consisting of five chapters, examines the political processes that distribute and allocate power and resources in the United States. Chapter 1 introduces two cases illustrating how policy affects resource management, discusses the importance of policy, and reviews forest resources. Chapter 2 outlines the forest policy process based on modern political science approaches. Chapter 3 discusses the historical and modern debates about the use of markets or government to allocate resources debates that underlie many of our public issues and politics today. Chapter 4 discusses how issues arise, attract a larger audience, and are placed on agendas for consideration. Chapter 5 discusses the criteria used for evaluation and implementation of forest resource programs. The second section of the textbook covers the participants in the policy process. Chapter 6 discusses the legislature; Chapter 7 the executive branch; Chapter 8 the courts. Chapter 9 discusses the role of interest groups in making forest resource policy. Additionally, due to their increasing importance, Chapter 10 examines environmentalism and professional ethics. Last, Chapter 11 in this section examines the influence of the media in forest resource policy-making.
The final section of the textbook summarizes information on forest resource programs, laws, and policies. Chapter 12 discusses public land ownership and policies; national forest management laws are examined in detail in Chapter 13. Chapter 14 discusses environmental regulation in the United States; Chapter 15 wildlife and fisheries law; and Chapter 16 forest practices regulation. Chapter 17 summarizes the direct and indirect forestry programs designed to assist nonindustrial private forest landowners. The last chapter in the book provides an overview of international forestry issues and programs.
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