POLS 3370 Lecture Notes - Underfunded, Municipal Solid Waste, Paradigm Shift
8 Dec 2013
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Public perceptions and the impact of the media. Individuals and groups vying for attention of public officials and policy makers. Policy agenda voter preferences media exposure and lobbyists elected representatives . Allows one level of government/party/politician to blame another for a series of issues. Converge in many different ways to form different policy outcomes. Subject to political, economic, and social pressures. Response to environmental conflict between different groups and interests. Toronto island airport, downsview park, toronto waterfront. Realistic: market has the dominant say, society has the smallest. Governments are more attuned to the needs and principles of the market. Increased public support for new environmental initiatives. Promoted tourism and the national rail system. Questioned the implications of an emergent consumer-oriented culture. Economic property didn"t lead to environmental benefits. Policy makers forced to address environmental problems. Principles of the industrialized economy are unsuited to prevailing realities. Environmental problems were a result of poor technological choices, not increasing affluence.
