Environmental Policy: Australian Practice in the Context of Theory 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. It covers:

• the growing involvement of private businesses and community organisations in environmental policy development;
• the types of policy which exist in Australia and overseas, including key policy examples from businesses and federal, State, and local governments;
• the factors that influence the focus and operation of policy, such as the effects of globalisation, politics, and the media;
• the approaches to implementation which are available, including legal tools, pollution taxes, subsidies, performance bonds, and educational programs.

This is an invaluable book for students who need to know how environmental policy is developed. It is also a practical reference book for those who are involved in policy-making.

Summary Table of Contents

PART A: INTRODUCING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
CHAPTER 1: The Background to Environmental Policy
CHAPTER 2: Contexts for Environmental Policy: Being Alerted and Inclined to Action

PART B: BREADTH OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
CHAPTER 3: Overview of the Range of Environmental Policy
CHAPTER 4: International Environmental Policy
CHAPTER 5: Environmental Policies of the Australian Commonwealth Government
CHAPTER 6: Australian State and Territory Governments: Their Structures for Environmental Policy and Examples of Key Policies
CHAPTER 7: Local Government Environmental Policy
CHAPTER 8: Corporate Environmental Policy

PART C: POLICY THEORY
CHAPTER 9: Overview of the Role and Parts of Theory
CHAPTER 10: Policy Concepts and Theories
CHAPTER 11: Agenda Setting in Policy
CHAPTER 12: Policy Formulation
CHAPTER 13: Implementation: Contexts and Directions
CHAPTER 14: Implementation Approaches
CHAPTER 15: Monitoring Policy
CHAPTER 16: Evaluating and Reviewing Policy

PART D: INFLUENCES ON POLICY
CHAPTER 17: Overview of Role and Range of Influences
CHAPTER 18: The Influence of Values, Groups, Networks and the Media
CHAPTER 19: Structures of Government: Influence on Policy-Making
CHAPTER 20: Inter-Governmental Arrangements
CHAPTER 21: Influences on Environmental Policy in Corporations
CHAPTER 22: Influence of Globalisation
CHAPTER 23: Directions for Environmental Policy