The Politics of Environment Administration

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Redefining administrative arena. 3. Agencies for environment administration. 4. Politics of environment impact assessment. 5. Environment administration and law. 6. Radical environmentalism in social movements. 7. Global environmental politics. Bibliography. Index.

"This book The Politics of Environment Administration is unique in four aspects. First, it attempts to answer most common queries on environment and resource crises in the context of national and international environmental institutions.

"Second, it explores the reasons for intra and inter institutional conflicts between technical agencies, scientic experts and bureaucracy in environmental decision making.

"Third, it presents a dispassionate analysis of Indian and Western environmental movements and their impact on international trade and social development.

"Fourth, it studies the expanding judicial activism in the area of environment administration and scope of Public Interest Litigation (PIL).

"Therefore, the book makes a good reading for students, lawyers and scientists working on environmental issues. It is an indispensable reading for NGOs and bureaucracy." (jacket)

[Amita Singh is currently a Reader in the Department of Political Science in Kamala Nehru College of Delhi University Her works also include The Political Philosophy of Bertrand Russell and Public Administration--The Grassroot Concerns.]