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Voices and Echoes for the Environment: Public Interest Representation in the 1990s and Beyond
Paper, 300 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11355-7
$31.00
/ £18.00
September, 1999
Cloth, 300 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11354-0
$78.00
/ £46.00
"An insightful analysis of the 1990's mainstream environmental movement viewed as organizations and businesses." — Chice
"A thorough analysis of the dramatic transformation of grassroots environmental special interest groups in the 1960s into 'highly organized, professionalized public interest organizations' by the late 1990s....The strength of Shaiko's work is his linking of various aspects of organizational maintenance with political representation....Voices and Echoes is a contribution to the public policy literature. It will be welcomed by academics and practioners alike." — E. Robert Statham Jr., Perspectives on Political ScienceUniversity of Guam, Mangilao
"Focusing on the Environmental Defense Fund and Environmental Action, . . . Voices and Echoes for the Environment examines the implications, especially for relations between leaders and rank and file, of the massive growth in membership and budgets since the 1960s . . . On the evidence of [this] book, the future for scholarship about the human dialogue with the rest of nature in the United States looks increasingly bright green." — Peter A Coates, American Studies
"Shaiko has written the definitive work on environmental lobbies. His analysis of environmental groups as organizations is particularly incisive; he understands that these lobbies are businesses operating in a competitive marketplace. Voices and Echoes for the Environment is a must-read for anyone who follows environmental policy or interest group politics." — Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts University, author of The New Liberalism: The Rising Power of Citizen Groups
"Voices and Echoes for the Environment impressively documents how the public interest movement, and especially environmental groups, have evolved into institutionalized participants in democratic politics. It represents an important new contribution to the study of interest groups and greenpolitics in America." — Russell J. Dalton, University of California, Irvine; author of The Green Rainbow: Environmental Groups in Western Europe
"With a focus on the 1990's, Shaiko's volume presents a wealth of knowledge and cogent analysis about the role of Washington's environmental lobbies, and indicates their great influence. Shaiko's writing and data presentation are very clear, and hence any concerned person can learn from this book, which emphasizes organizational dynamics." — Andrew McFarland, University of Illinois at Chicago, coeditor of Social Movements and American Political Institutions