Environmental Deceptions

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Environmental Deceptions is written by Matthew Alan Cahn and published by State University of New York Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0791498263 (ISBN 10) and 9780791498262 (ISBN 13).

Environmental Deceptions brings together normative analysis and empirical data to explain the structural limitations liberal society places on environmental improvement. Whereas liberal society is predicated on individual self-interest, environmental legislation is predicated on communal regulation of individual property rights. Cahn's aim is to expose the tensions between American political culture and environmental regulation in an effort to make environmental policy discourse more effective. By analyzing such areas as air policy, water policy, waste policy, and energy policy, he exposes the subtle tensions that often lead to failure and explains why traditional models of environmental legislation are insufficient to resolve existing environmental dilemmas.