A01=Richard M. Alston
American Forestry
Animal Kingdom
Author_Richard M. Alston
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collective action theory
Elemente Der Staatskunst
environmental policy analysis
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Forest Economics
forest governance
Forest Policy
Forest Rent
Forest Service
Forest Service Activities
Forest Service Planning
Forest Service Policy
Forest User Groups
Good Life
ideological conflict in resource planning
Individual Ism
Industrial Foresters
Marginal Social Net Products
naional forest policy
neoclassical economic theory
Nepa
NFMA
Optimal Harvest Schedule
policy decision frameworks
political ideology
Present Net Worth
Program Level Analysis
public goods management
Public Land Law Review Commission
public resource management
Rent Doctrine
resource economics
U. S. natural resources policy
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780367293055
- Weight: 650g
- Dimensions: 157 x 237mm
- Publication Date: 13 Sep 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Central to the controversy surrounding U. S. natural resources policy is the conflict between environmentalists and proponents of development. Examining the evolution of the philosophies underlying that conflict, Dr. Alston traces the failure to achieve a unified resources policy to the seemingly incompatible ideological positions held by resource specialists, interest groups, policymakers, econo mists, and foresters. His analysis goes beyond his case study of na ional forest policy to focus on an ancient question basic to policy making in a democratic society: How can government provide a sociopolitical framework that accomodates both individual interests and the need for unity in a collective existence? Only within this broader framework, he argues, is it possible to determine the proper division between private and public resource management or the proper role of government in natural resources planning. Incorporating a critical evaluation of the development of classical and neoclassical economic theory, this work makes clear the need to strike a balance between a strictly individualistic and an ecological point of view. Dr. Alston illustrates the ideological conflicts that complicate resources planning and explores the possibility of a new ideology capable of accomodating and inte grating differences to meet the complex needs of society.
Dr. Richard M. Alston is Presidential Distinguished Professor of Economics at Weber State College and author of Forest: Goals and Decisionmaking in the Forest Service.
