Go Beyond the Debate over Energy and Climate -- New Book Takes an In-Depth Look on Policy Making


PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- As globalization continues to move around the world, people are already feeling the high cost of life as well as the deterioration of nature and the environment. The cost of fuel is much higher today. The debate over energy continues to go on with no end in sight. People could only wonder how long nature can sustain life in the faces of pollution and global warming. To learn more about the heated debate concerning energy and climate control, readers must follow the views of author Marion Hopkins Harris as she presents her detailed study in her compelling new book The Public Debate Over Energy and Climate Control: An Overview of Public Policymaking in American Government.

Looking closely at the enduring dialogue between the White House and Congress over how energy and climate control is to be managed, The Public Debate Over Energy and Climate Control explains to readers the process for legislating and regulating energy policies in the American government. The author shares with readers her views over the issues being debated, including the government's options for tackling both conservation and environmental concerns, the most effective ways for reducing pollution, dependence on foreign oil as well as research and development programs that could pave the way for renewable energy. Not only that, the book also lays out a conceptual framework for understanding public policy making, vested interests, concerns with foreign economies, the effects of future programs on the economy and more.

Richly-layered and very detailed, The Public Debate Over Energy and Climate Control is a true wake up call that will arouse the interest of readers. This book is bound to attract a lot of readers, especially students studying public policy, political science, and public administration. By reading The Public Debate Over Energy and Climate Control: An Overview of Public Policymaking in American Government, readers will learn the true meaning of policy making, politics and government.

About the Author

Dr. Marion Hopkins Harris completed a successful career as an upper level manager in the federal government. She spent part of her professional career at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and as a Managing Auditor/Evaluator, U.S. General Accounting Office. She is an associate professor of public administration, School of Business, Bowie State University. She earned her doctorate degree in public administration and her masters degree in public administration from the School of Policy Planning and Development, University of Southern California; and her masters degree of urban affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.



                  The Public Debate Over Energy and 
            Climate Control -- by Marion Hopkins Harris
      An Overview of Public Policymaking in American Government
          Trade Paperback; $20.99; 143 pages; 1-4134-7727-5

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