This volume explores the processes by which hazardous waste policies are formulated and implemented. A collection of papers by distinguished scholars in the field, this is the first treatment of the subject to address both the international and the domestic policy arenas. Also the most current discussion of the topic available, the book includes several articles which deal with the landmark 1984 amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. An important adjunct to courses in environmental politics, public policy, and intergovernmental relations, this book sheds new light on the complex political process by which hazardous waste politics are developed, enacted into law, enforced, and reassessed. Hazardous waste politics and the policy process / Charles E. Davis and James P. Lester—Rethinking participation : assessing Florida's strategy for siting hazardous waste disposal facilities / Albert R. Matheny and Bruce A. Williams—The role of economic factors in lay perceptions of risk / Kent E. Portney—Citizen participation and hazardous waste policy implementation / Michael E. Kraft and Ruth Kraut—Locals versus metropolitans : the community dynamics of groundwater protection / John D. Powell—Longitudinal and catastrophic models of state hazardous waste regulation / C.K. Rowland, S.C. Lee, and D.B. Goetze—Hazardous waste facility siting : state approaches / Richard N.L. Andrews—Superfund implementation : five years and how many cleanups? / Ann O'M. Bowman—Hazardous wastes and the politics of policy change / Richard Barke—Judicial enforcement of hazardous waste liability law / Werner F. Grunbaum—Federal-state hazardous waste management policy implementation in the context of risk uncertainties / Rae Zimmerman—A comparative analysis of hazardous waste management policy in Western Europe / William R. Mangun—Complex interdependence and hazardous waste management along the U.S.-Mexico border / Stephen P. Mumme.