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I 1/22-24 Introduction to the course and the material
Smil, Vaclav, "Energy in the Twentieth Century: Resources, Conversions, Costs, Uses, and Consequences," Annual Review of Energy and the Environment, 25 (2000), 21-51.
Bryner, Gary C. Blue Skies, Green Politics: The Clean Air Act of 1990 and Its Implementation. Second ed. Washington D.C.: CQ Press, 1995. Ch. 1 (pp. 1-50).
Davis, David Howard. American Environmental Politics. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1998. Ch. 1 (pp. 1-24)
David Howard Davis, Energy Politics. New York: St. Martin's, 1993. Chapter 1 (pp. 1-25)



The Public Policy Perspective


II 1/29-31 American Energy Policy: Traditional (Fossil) Fuels: History and Politics
Davis, Energy Politics, Chapters 2-5.
"Cool It: Survey of Energy and the Environment," The Economist, 31 Aug. 1991.
"Power to the People: Survey of Energy and the Environment," Economist , June 18, 1994.
Smil, recap.

III 2/5-2/7 American Environmental Policy and Policy-Making
Vig, Norman J., and Michael E. Kraft. Environmental Policy : New Directions for the Twenty-First Century. 4th ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2000. Chapters 4, 6, and 8.
Anthony Downs, "Up and Down with Ecology: The 'Issue-Attention' Cycle", The Public Interest, 28 (1972), 38-50.
Sabatier, Paul A. Theories of the Policy Process, Theoretical Lenses on Public Policy. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1999. Pages xxxxxxx