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- catalog abstract ""This intriguing book investigates the "technical information quandary" created by post-industrial changes, which have produced demands for citizen involvement in public policy processes while complex scientific and technical issues increasingly make public involvement difficult. Authors Pierce, Steger, Steel, and Lovrich address the degree to which interest groups might serve to bridge the knowledge gap between public policy processes and the citizenry in U.S. and Canadian settings." "The focus of the study is on acid rain policy in Michigan and Ontario, an area of considerable scientific and technical complexity as well as political and public interest. The authors examine how the U.S. and Canadian publics acquire, process, and communicate policy-relevant information so that it can influence policymaking. Do interest groups play the information dissemination role in a manner that could address the technical information quandary? Are interest groups playing the same or different roles in the United States and Canada? What different factors cause U.S. and Canadian interest groups to behave as they do in the political arena? Recommended for scholars of Political Science, Communication, Environmental Studies, and Comparative Public Policy."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b3999094.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description ""This intriguing book investigates the "technical information quandary" created by post-industrial changes, which have produced demands for citizen involvement in public policy processes while complex scientific and technical issues increasingly make public involvement difficult. Authors Pierce, Steger, Steel, and Lovrich address the degree to which interest groups might serve to bridge the knowledge gap between public policy processes and the citizenry in U.S. and Canadian settings." "The focus of the study is on acid rain policy in Michigan and Ontario, an area of considerable scientific and technical complexity as well as political and public interest. The authors examine how the U.S. and Canadian publics acquire, process, and communicate policy-relevant information so that it can influence policymaking. Do interest groups play the information dissemination role in a manner that could address the technical information quandary? Are interest groups playing the same or different roles in the United States and Canada? What different factors cause U.S. and Canadian interest groups to behave as they do in the political arena? Recommended for scholars of Political Science, Communication, Environmental Studies, and Comparative Public Policy."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-222) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 225 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Citizens, political communication, and interest groups.".
- catalog identifier "0275935795 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Citizens, political communication, and interest groups.".
- catalog isPartOf "Praeger series in political communication, 1062-5623".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn. : Praeger,".
- catalog relation "Citizens, political communication, and interest groups.".
- catalog spatial "Canada".
- catalog spatial "Canada.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "363.7/057/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Environmental policy Canada Citizen participation.".
- catalog subject "Environmental policy United States Citizen participation.".
- catalog subject "HC110.E5 C57 1992".
- catalog subject "Political culture Canada.".
- catalog subject "Political culture United States.".
- catalog subject "Pressure groups Canada.".
- catalog subject "Pressure groups United States.".
- catalog title "Citizens, political communication, and interest groups : environmental organizations in Canada and the United States / John C. Pierce ... [et al.].".
- catalog type "text".