Social choices, about expenditures on government programs, or about public policy more broadly, or indeed from any conceivable set of alternatives, are determined by politics. This book is a collection of essays that tie together the fields spanned by Jeffrey S. Banks' research on this subject....

Analyzing the role of business in environmental policy -- Agenda setting -- Framing ANWR -- Business, elections, and the environment -- Policy formulation and adoption: the U.S. Congress -- Deep freeze -- Congress and clean air policy -- Policy implementation in administrative agencies --...

Intro -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- I - Introduction -- 1 - Analyzing the Role of Business in Environmental Policy -- II - Agenda Setting: Public Opinion, the Media, and Elections -- 2 - Framing ANWR: Citizens, Consumers, and the Privileged Position of Business -- 3 -...

Social choices, about expenditures on government programs, or about public policy more broadly, or indeed from any conceivable set of alternatives, are determined by politics. This book is a collection of essays that tie together the fields spanned by Jeffrey S. Banks' research on this subject....