11:374:279 Midterm: Study Guide for Midterm

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior
• Course: 11:374:279
• Professor: Professor Oberg

Document Summary

Study guide for politics of environmental issues exam #1. Environmentalists value conservation, prudence, the fact that humans are equal to other living organisms, to use natural resources responsibly (conservationists), and pristine wilderness (preservationists). Cornucopians value economic growth, individual liberty, unlimited resources from the environment, free market, and less government control. Cornucopians: economic growth, optimism, human ingenuity, anthropocentric, and use the environment because it is there to be of use. Government, unlike some private actors, has the financial ability and legal authority to support their side of an issue. Government actions: land preservation, educating others about the environment, funding research, making laws, and setting aside large areas of public lands for national parks, wilderness, and wildlife preserves. The modern state is coercive (physical force and law), organized, legitimate, and territorial. Coercion means that they can defend their claims and enforce the laws that they make through laws and the military.