Brent S Steel
Oregon State University, Public Policy, Faculty Member
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Brent S. Steel (PhD, Washington State University) is University Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Oregon St... moreBrent S. Steel (PhD, Washington State University) is University Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Oregon State University, which offers the Master of Public Policy, Executive Master of Public Policy, and the PhD in Public Policy. He teaches courses in science policy, public policy theory, rural policy, climate change politics, and energy policy. Professor Steel is also on the founding and executive boards for Vote Smart (https://votesmart.org), a nonpartisan and nonprofit voter education organization. edit
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This study investigates Canadian and American public opinion concerning the use of public funds to restore and protect Great Lakes coastal areas. Based upon survey data collected among citizens living in Great Lakes metropolitan areas, it... more
This study investigates Canadian and American public opinion concerning the use of public funds to restore and protect Great Lakes coastal areas. Based upon survey data collected among citizens living in Great Lakes metropolitan areas, it is evident that both Canadian and American respondents support the use of public funds to restore damaged shoreline along the Great Lakes. Canadians were found to be more supportive of public programs when compared to their American counterparts. A variety of factors including socioeconomic characteristics, political and environmental value orientations, and geographical proximity to coastal areas, are investigated as possible sources of support for public programs. Findings suggest that all of these factors have a significant impact upon citizen support for government programs to restore damaged Great Lakes shoreline.
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... 3. James Gerstenzang and Kenneth Freed, "Reagan Backs Canada on Acid Rain, Asks 2.5 Billion," Los Angeles Times, 19 March ... Policies (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977), and Ronald Inglehart, "Value... more
... 3. James Gerstenzang and Kenneth Freed, "Reagan Backs Canada on Acid Rain, Asks 2.5 Billion," Los Angeles Times, 19 March ... Policies (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977), and Ronald Inglehart, "Value Priorities and Socioeconomic Change," in Samuel Barnes and ...
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... ACID RAIN MARY ANN E. STEGER, JOHN C. PIERCE, NICHOLAS P. LOVRICH Washington State University and BRENT S. STEEL, Oakland University UCH ... et al. 1970; Miller and Barrington 1981). Level of Education. Post ...
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Science plays an important role in environmental policy since it not only helps to identify potential environmental problems, but also informs potential solutions to those problems. Therefore, many policy makers, interest groups, resource... more
Science plays an important role in environmental policy since it not only helps to identify potential environmental problems, but also informs potential solutions to those problems. Therefore, many policy makers, interest groups, resource managers and interested ...
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This book reveals how embedded beliefs more so than a lack of scientific knowledge and understanding are creating a cognitive bias toward information that coincides with personal beliefs rather than scientific consensus-and that this... more
This book reveals how embedded beliefs more so than a lack of scientific knowledge and understanding are creating a cognitive bias toward information that coincides with personal beliefs rather than scientific consensus-and that this anti-science bias exists among liberals as well as conservatives. In 2010, an outbreak of whooping cough in California infected more than 8,000 people, resulting in the hospitalization of more than 800 people and the death of 10 infants. In 2015, an outbreak of the measles in Disneyland infected more than 125 people. Both the whooping cough and the measles are vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) that have been largely nonexistent in the United States for decades. As these cases demonstrate, individuals who prioritize ideology or personal beliefs above scientific consensus can impinge on society at large-and they illustrate how rejecting science has unfortunate results for public health and for the environment. When Ideology Trumps Science examines how proponents of scientific findings and the scientists responsible for conducting and communicating the applicable research to decision makers are encountering direct challenges to scientific consensus. Using examples from high-stakes policy debates centered on hot-button controversies such as climate change, GMO foods, immunization, stem cell research, abstinence-only education, and birth control, authors Wolters and Steel document how the contested nature of contemporary perspectives on science leads to the possibility that policymakers will not take science into account when making decisions that affect the general population. In addition, the book identifies ways in which liberals and conservatives have both contested issues of science when consensus diverges from their ideological positions and values. It is a compelling must-read for public policy students and practitioners.
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Recent partisan squabbles over science in the news are indicative of a larger tendency for scientific research and practice to get entangled in major ideological divisions in the public arena. This politicization of science is deepened by... more
Recent partisan squabbles over science in the news are indicative of a larger tendency for scientific research and practice to get entangled in major ideological divisions in the public arena. This politicization of science is deepened by the key role government funding plays in scientific research and development, the market leading position of U.S.-based science and technology firms, and controversial U.S. exports (such as genetically modified foods or hormone-injected livestock). This groundbreaking, one-volume, A-to-Z reference features 120-150 entries that explore the nexus of politics and science, both in the United States and in U.S. interactions with other nations.
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The review of institutional organization of the municipalities in metropolitan cities leads us to reflect on the new role that agriculture and its stakeholders have to play in the pursuit of sustainability of well-being. In this context,... more
The review of institutional organization of the municipalities in metropolitan cities leads us to reflect on the new role that agriculture and its stakeholders have to play in the pursuit of sustainability of well-being. In this context, this paper aims to highlight new models of governance for agriculture in the future, more appropriate to the emergence of a new proximity market, but especially more embedded in a feedback system that it will be able to offer in terms of lifestyles, mobility, work, health, leisure, social relationships and milieu. More precisely, agriculture can find a proximity market, whether it will be able to ensure the replicability of the stock of social, human, natural and economic capital, to respond to new lifestyles and to maintain and protect the identity of the territory.
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Preface Public Values, the Environment, and Public Lands An Introduction to Natural Resource Policy and the Environment: Changing Paradigms and Values by Brent S. Steel and Nicholas P. Lovrich Managing Federal Forests: National and... more
Preface Public Values, the Environment, and Public Lands An Introduction to Natural Resource Policy and the Environment: Changing Paradigms and Values by Brent S. Steel and Nicholas P. Lovrich Managing Federal Forests: National and Regional Public Orientations by Brent S. Steel, Peter List, and Bruce Shindler Sources of Variation in Attitudes and Beliefs about Federal Rangeland Management by Mark Brunson and Brent S. Steel Interests and Publics Political Communication Strategies of Interest Groups and Industry in Federal Forest Policy by Brent S. Steel and John C. Pierce Political Resources and Activities of Environmental Groups in Washington State by Debra Salazar Consensus and Dissension among Rural and Urban Publics Concerning Forest Management in the Pacific Northwest by Mark Brunson, Bruce Shindler, and Brent S. Steel County Government and the Public Lands: A Review of the County Supremacy Movement in Four Western States by Stephanie Witt and Leslie R. Alm The County Supremacy Movement and Public Lands in Oregon by Christopher A. Simon Changing Political Geometry: Public Lands and Natural Resources in Nevada by Kelly DeVine and Dennis L. Soden Case Studies The Siouxon Valley in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest by Richard Hansis Citizen Values and Participation in the Tongass National Forest Debate by Bruce Shindler An Oregon Case Study: Families, Gender Roles, and Timber Communities in Transformation by Jennifer Gilden References Index
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... DEPARTMENTS? BRENT S. STEEL, Oakland University NICHOLAS P. LOVRICH, Washington State University The ... 1982). The argument here is that the mayor and city council members may directly 24 Page 11. Table 4 PERCEIVED ...
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In this article, the authors argue that having daughters has the potential of sensitizing parents to issues of gender equity. Because parents invest a significant amount of themselves in their children, anticipated and actual struggles... more
In this article, the authors argue that having daughters has the potential of sensitizing parents to issues of gender equity. Because parents invest a significant amount of themselves in their children, anticipated and actual struggles that their children face, and the public policies addressing those struggles, take on increased salience. We find that both fathers' and mothers' support for public policies designed to address gender equity increases when parents have daughters only. The findings are stronger for men, suggesting that child rearing might provide a mechanism for social change whereby fathers' connection with their daughters undermines their commitment to patriarchy. At the same time, when men have sons only, they show the least support for gender equity public policies, suggesting that wanting what is best for their children may keep men from challenging their patriarchal dividend.
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Abstract Federal forest land in the Pacific Northwest has become the focus of a regional and national debate concerning the protection of natural environmental systems and the economic and cultural vitality of local communities. At the... more
Abstract Federal forest land in the Pacific Northwest has become the focus of a regional and national debate concerning the protection of natural environmental systems and the economic and cultural vitality of local communities. At the heart of this debate are different ...
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Using data gathered from a 1992 national study of American public environmental attitudes and behavior, this paper empirically investigates the link between attitudes and self-reported behaviors regarding the environment. Findings suggest... more
Using data gathered from a 1992 national study of American public environmental attitudes and behavior, this paper empirically investigates the link between attitudes and self-reported behaviors regarding the environment. Findings suggest that attitude intensity is correlated with self-...
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This chapter describes state level survey data that will be used in the forthcoming chapters, including the survey structure, survey methodology, and indicators used to assess environmental values and tradeoffs between renewable energy... more
This chapter describes state level survey data that will be used in the forthcoming chapters, including the survey structure, survey methodology, and indicators used to assess environmental values and tradeoffs between renewable energy development and environmental considerations. This chapter also examines the impact of environmental values as measured by the New Ecological Paradigm—controlling for various socio-demographic characteristics—on hypothetical tradeoffs between solar, windpower, geothermal, biomass and wave technologies on the one hand and potential environmental damage on the other hand.