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Politics and Quality of Life

The Role of Well-Being in Political Outcomes

By: Ryan M. Yonk,Josh T. Smith

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Politics and Quality of Life

The Role of Well-Being in Political Outcomes

By: Ryan M. Yonk,Josh T. Smith

This book explores the relationship between quality of life, policy, and political behavior. Using carefully collected, granular data, the authors create a measurement of quality of life for each county in the United States. After applying the index to each county and calculating scores, the results are applied to key political and social questions, such as, variation in voter turnout, electoral choices, and the allocation of federal aid. By tying quality of life directly to social and political outcomes, the index thus makes possible the development of policies that actually improve the quality of life of those they effect. This book is divided into three sections. Section One delves into the theory of quality of life research and the indicators used in the development of the index. Section Two explores the relationship between quality of life and various political phenomena such as trust in government, political participation, electoral politics, direct democracy, government spending, and local government. Section Three discusses suggestions for incorporating life quality in the political and policy process and identifying strategies for the direct application of these principals by policymakers. This book will be useful for students and scholars interested in political behavior, political sociology, policy, and quality of life studies, as well as policymakers interested in incorporating quality of life studies in their work.

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Springer

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3319725718

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9783319725710

The Reality of American Energy

The Hidden Costs of Electricity Policy

By: Ryan M. Yonk,Jordan Lofthouse,Megan Hansen

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The Reality of American Energy

The Hidden Costs of Electricity Policy

By: Ryan M. Yonk,Jordan Lofthouse,Megan Hansen

This book dispels common myths about electricity and electricity policy and reveals how government policies manipulate energy markets, create hidden costs, and may inflict a net harm on the American people and the environment. Climate change, energy generation and use, and environmental degradation are among the most salient—and controversial—political issues today. Our country's energy future will be determined by the policymakers who enact laws that favor certain kinds of energy production while discouraging others as much as by the energy-production companies or the scientists working to reduce the environmental impact of all energy production. The Reality of American Energy: The Hidden Costs of Electricity provides rare insights into the politics and economics surrounding electricity in the United States. It identifies the economic, physical, and environmental implications of distorting energy markets to limit the use of fossil fuels while increasing renewable energy production and explains how these unseen effects of favoring renewable energy may be counterproductive to the economic interests of American citizens and to the protection of the environment. The first two chapters of the book introduce the subject of electricity policy in the United States and to enable readers to understand why policymakers do what they do. The remainder of the book examines the realities of the major electricity sources in the United States: coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydrodynamic, wind, biomass, solar, and geothermal. Each of these types of energy sources is analyzed in a dedicated chapter that explains how the electricity source works and identifies how politics and public policy shape the economic and environmental impacts associated with them.

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217

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440853924

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9781440853920

Green Vs. Green

The Political, Legal, and Administrative Pitfalls Facing Green Energy Production

By: Ryan M. Yonk,Randy T. Simmons,Brian C. Steed

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Green Vs. Green

The Political, Legal, and Administrative Pitfalls Facing Green Energy Production

By: Ryan M. Yonk,Randy T. Simmons,Brian C. Steed

Wind, solar, geothermal, biofuel, hydro, and other non-traditional energy sources show promise as alternatives to fossil fuels and may provide a sustainable source of energy in increasingly uncertain energy markets. However, these new sources of energy face their own set of political, administrative, and legal challenges. Underexplored in both academic and policy settings, this book provides valuable insights on how existing regulatory regimes in the United States interact with the broad goal of developing green energy and curbing global climate change.

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Routledge

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0415531276

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9780415531276

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Politics and Quality of Life

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