9780275935795-0275935795-Citizens, Political Communication, and Interest Groups: Environmental Organizations in Canada and the United States (Praeger Series in Political Communication)

Citizens, Political Communication, and Interest Groups: Environmental Organizations in Canada and the United States (Praeger Series in Political Communication)

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Citizens, Political Communication, and Interest Groups: Environmental Organizations in Canada and the United States (Praeger Series in Political Communication) (ISBN-13: 9780275935795 and ISBN-10: 0275935795), written by authors Brent S. Steel, Nicholas Lovrich, John Pierce, Mary Ann E. Steger, was published by Praeger in 1992. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Non-US Legal Systems (Legal Theory & Systems, Communication, Words, Language & Grammar , Environment, Nature & Ecology, Communication & Media Studies, Social Sciences, Public Affairs & Policy, Politics & Government) books. You can easily purchase or rent Citizens, Political Communication, and Interest Groups: Environmental Organizations in Canada and the United States (Praeger Series in Political Communication) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Non-US Legal Systems books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.55.

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This intriguing book investigates the technical information quandary created by post-industrial changes, which have produced demands for citizen involvement in public policy processes while complex scientific and technical issues increasingly make public involvement difficult. Authors Pierce, Steger, Steel, and Lovrich address the degree to which interest groups might serve to bridge the knowledge gap between public policy processes and the citizenry in U.S. and Canadian settings.

The focus of the study is on acid rain policy in Michigan and Ontario, an area of considerable scientific and technical complexity as well as political and public interest. The authors examine how the U.S. and Canadian publics acquire, process, and communicate policy-relevant information so that it can influence policymaking. Do interest groups play the information dissemination role in a manner that could address the technical information quandary? Are interest groups playing the same or different roles in the United States and Canada? What different factors cause U.S. and Canadian interest groups to behave as they do in the political arena? Recommended for scholars of Political Science, Communication, Environmental Studies, and Comparative Public Policy.

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