Environmental policy : Australian practice in the context of theory / Ian Thomas.

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2007.

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Environmental policy -- Australia.

Environmental protection -- Australia.

1. The background to environmental policy

2. Contexts for environmental policy: being alerted and inclined to action

3. International environmental policy

4. Environmental policies of the Commonwealth government

5. Australian State and Territory governments: their structures for environmental policy and examples of key policies

6. Local government environmental policy

7. Corporate environmental policy

8. Policy concepts and theories

9. Agenda-setting in policy

10. Policy formulation

11. Implementation: contexts and directions

12. Implementation approaches

13. Monitoring policy

14. Evaluating and reviewing policy

15. The influence of values, groups, networks and the media

16. Structures of government: influence on policy-making

17. Intergovernmental arrangements

18. Influences on corporate environmental policy

19. Influence of globalisation

20. Directions for environmental policy.

This title offers a discussion of the processes and practices of environmental policy. Grounded in theory, it shows how policy is developed on a practical level within an Australian context.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781862876033

xx, 492 p.