Earth Day and Its Precursors
Continuity and Change in the Evolution of Midtwentieth‐Century U.S. Environmental Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12782857 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas Webber (0000-0002-8305-4869, University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 313-332 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2008.00334.x |
| OpenAlex | W2046996334 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
Earth Day 1970's legacy overshadows two earlier events resulting in popular misconceptions about U.S. environmental politics: that environmental policy began with Earth Day and that Congress and the president were not concerned with the environment until public opinion and interest groups pressured them. These misconceptions increase public opinion ambivalence and frustrate environmental leaders. This paper describes Earth Day 1970, the congressionally established Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission established in 1958, and President Kennedy's Natural Resources Tour of September 1963, arguing the latter two prepared for the convergence of multiple streams of policy change that resulted in the first Earth Day
Ambivalence · Archaeology · Commission · Earth (classical element · Environmental ethics · Environmental policy · Environmental resource management · Natural (archaeology · Natural resource · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Recreation · American Environmental and Regional History · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Environmental Science · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Public Administration
Beauty, Health, and Permanence
The Rational Public
Environmentalists, vanguard for a new society
Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
Is Anyone Responsible?
Break Through
U.S. Environmental Policy and Politics
The Politics of Environmental Concern
Theories of the Policy Process
Attention to Issues in a System of Separated Powers
Speculative Augmentation in Federal Air Pollution Policy-Making
On the Limits of Framing Effects
The Polls
Policy Regimes and Policy Change
Politics and Environment in America
US Environmental interest groups and the promotion of environmental values
Environmental Policy Since Earth Day I
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |