Book ID: 95999
Shogren, Jason F. and John Tschirhart (eds.)
Protecting Endangered Species in the United States: Biological Needs, Political Realities, Economic Choices. 2008. 21 line drawings. 2 maps. 31 tabs. 440 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This collection of original essays by economists, biologists andpolitical scientists has a common theme: that protecting species at riskwhile safeguarding social order is a policy challenge that entanglesbiology, politics, and economics. Nearly 1200 species are listed asendangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973;only twelve have been removed from the list. Attempts at speciesrecovery on public and private property lead the authors to examine thepolitical realities that define the debate: who should pay the costs andreceive the benefits, and how interest group behaviour affects thenature of endangered species protection.