TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovation in environmental policy
T2 - The National Environmental Policy Act of the US and the Resource Management Act of New Zealand
AU - Michaels, Sarah
AU - Furuseth, Owen J.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - On enactment, both the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 1970 of the US and the Resource Management Act (RMA), 1991 of New Zealand received accolades for innovativeness. However, is such praise justified when these acts are explored through the literature on policy innovation? This paper suggests that it is. More importantly, recognizing how different attributes of innovation contribute to having a policy adopted suggests what the crafters of future environmental policies might do well to consider. It is critical to attend to the political climate in which a policy is being drafted.
AB - On enactment, both the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 1970 of the US and the Resource Management Act (RMA), 1991 of New Zealand received accolades for innovativeness. However, is such praise justified when these acts are explored through the literature on policy innovation? This paper suggests that it is. More importantly, recognizing how different attributes of innovation contribute to having a policy adopted suggests what the crafters of future environmental policies might do well to consider. It is critical to attend to the political climate in which a policy is being drafted.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1018520521124
DO - 10.1023/A:1018520521124
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030694672
SN - 0251-1088
VL - 17
SP - 181
EP - 190
JO - Environmentalist
JF - Environmentalist
IS - 3
ER -