ENSP 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Endangered Species Act Of 1973, Incrementalism, Commerce Clause

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Environmental Science and Policy
• Course: ENSP 102
• Professor: Goger

Document Summary

Policy formulation and the role of the legislative and executive. Policy formulation (cid:498)in theory(cid:499) steps: problem definition, agenda setting, policy development. Agenda setting: how problems are perceived and defined. Influenced by: media, events/disasters, interest groups and (cid:498)framing(cid:499, ex. War on coal, rain tax: scientific reports, examples, deep water horizon oil spill, nuclear waste harm. Policy development: legislation, congress and the house, regulations, executive branch agencies, executive orders, president signs, court decisions, can go all the way to the supreme court, treaties, conventions, protocols. Interpretation of statutory language: allocation of resources, enforcement, often done by the executive branch and/or states. Policy evaluation and change: evaluation and change is infrequent, but likely now, can be sparked by those wanting to overturn to make a law stronger, process of policy making never ends. Constitutional framework for us government: structure for federal government, legislative article 1, executive article 2.