Learning to Manage Global Environmental Risks - Chapter 11 Table of Contents

Volume 1: A Comparative History of Social Responses to Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, and Acid Rain

The Social Learning Group
The MIT Press, 2001

Part II: Studies of Arenas

Chapter 11
Civic Science: America’s Encounter with
Global Environmental Risks

11.1	Introduction
11.2	The U.S. Context
11.3	Issue Dynamics and Agenda Setting
11.3.1	A Comparative Overview
11.3.2	Acid Rain
11.3.3	Ozone Depletion
11.3.4	Climate Change
11.4	Patterns and Trends in America’s Response to Global Environmental Risks
11.4.1	Actors
11.4.2	Ideas
11.4.3	Goals
11.4.4	Knowledge
11.4.5	Assessment
11.4.6	Action
11.5	Opportunities for Doing Better
11.5.1	Leadership
11.5.2	Information
11.5.3	Learning
Appendix 11A	Acronyms
Appendix 11B	Chronology Notes References
Figure 11.1	Trends in environmental policy in the United States
Figure 11.2	Attention to global atmospheric issues in the United States
Figure 11.3	Emissions of selected pollutants in the United States