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The Development of Hazardous Waste Management as a State Policy Concern
Author(s) -
Herzik Eric B.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1992.tb00340.x
Subject(s) - hazardous waste , scope (computer science) , business , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , environmental planning , state government , public policy , environmental policy , waste management , public administration , engineering , political science , economic growth , economics , local government , environmental science , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science , programming language
Hazardous waste management has become a primary concern of state governments. Thk concern is relatively recent, with state governments assuming a leading role in hazardous waste policy development and implementation only in the past decade. This article outlines the scope of the hazardous waste problem to which stdegouernments must respond. The scope of the problem is then linked to changing public perceptions and intergooernmental relntionslzips to explain the expanding state government policy role in hazardous waste management.