About the Author

James Meadowcroft is Professor in the Department of Political Science and in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, Ottawa.

Daniel J. Fiorino is Director of the Center for Environmental Policy in the School of Public Affairs at American University.

James Meadowcroft is Professor in the Department of Political Science and in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, Ottawa.

Daniel J. Fiorino is Director of the Center for Environmental Policy in the School of Public Affairs at American University.

James Meadowcroft is Professor in the Department of Political Science and in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, Ottawa.

Daniel J. Fiorino is Director of the Center for Environmental Policy in the School of Public Affairs at American University.

James Meadowcroft is Professor in the Department of Political Science and in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, Ottawa.

Michael E. Kraft is Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs Emeritus and Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Environmental Studies Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Wallenberg Research Fellow Department of Political Science Lund University Box 52 SE 221 00 Lund Sweden

Judith A. Layzer is Professor of Environmental Policy in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. She is the author of Natural Experiments- Ecosystem-Based Management and the Environment (MIT Press) and The Environmental Case- Translating Values into Policy.

Daniel J. Fiorino is Director of the Center for Environmental Policy in the School of Public Affairs at American University.

James Meadowcroft is Professor in the Department of Political Science and in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, Ottawa.

Daniel J. Fiorino is Director of the Center for Environmental Policy in the School of Public Affairs at American University.