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1. Corporations—Political aspects—United States. 2. Business and politics—

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Content s

Series Foreword vii

Preface ix

Contributors xiii

I Introduction 1

1 Analyzing the Role of Business in Environmental Policy 3

Michael E. Kraft and Sheldon Kamieniecki

II Agenda Setting: Public Opinion, the Media, and Elections 33

2 Framing ANWR: Citizens, Consumers, and the Privileged Position

of Business 35

Deborah Lynn Guber and Christopher J. Bosso

3 Business, Elections, and the Environment 61

Robert J. Duffy

HI Policy Formulation and Adoption: The U.S. Congress 91

4 Deep Freeze: How Business Has Shaped the Global Warming

Debate in Congress 93

Judith A. Layzer

5 Congress and Clean Air Policy 127

Gary C. Bryner

IV Policy Implementation in Administrative Agencies 153

6 Businesses and the Environment: Influencing Agency Policymaking

155

Scott R. Furlong