Fate of the wild : the Endangered Species Act and the future of biodiversity /
Burgess, Bonnie B., 1946-
Fate of the wild : the Endangered Species Act and the future of biodiversity / Bonnie B. Burgess. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2001. - xix, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.
Introduction -- PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: History of the Endangered Species Act -- The Endangered Species Act today -- The importance of biodiversity -- PART TWO: CHARACTERS: Protagonists and the environmental arguments -- Antagonists and the private rights argument -- PART THREE: CONFLICT: In the halls of Congress -- Presidental power -- The bureaucratic contribution -- Species economics -- PART FOUR: RESOLUTION: Ecosystem management -- Antidote.
0820322962 (alk. paper) 9780820322964 (alk. paper)
00053657
GBA1-39201
United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973 --History.
Endangered species--Government policy--United States.
Biodiversity conservation--Government policy--United States.
QH 76 .B87 2001
Fate of the wild : the Endangered Species Act and the future of biodiversity / Bonnie B. Burgess. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2001. - xix, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.
Introduction -- PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: History of the Endangered Species Act -- The Endangered Species Act today -- The importance of biodiversity -- PART TWO: CHARACTERS: Protagonists and the environmental arguments -- Antagonists and the private rights argument -- PART THREE: CONFLICT: In the halls of Congress -- Presidental power -- The bureaucratic contribution -- Species economics -- PART FOUR: RESOLUTION: Ecosystem management -- Antidote.
0820322962 (alk. paper) 9780820322964 (alk. paper)
00053657
GBA1-39201
United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973 --History.
Endangered species--Government policy--United States.
Biodiversity conservation--Government policy--United States.
QH 76 .B87 2001