The NIMBY game: Implementation of New Jersey's hazardous-waste-disposal-facility siting policy
This thesis examines the contemporary problem of building and maintaining legislative and constituency group support for a public-siting process designed to counteract the Not-in-My-Backyard NIMBY Syndrome, in the context of public policy literature. A Policy Arena model that graphically reviews and analyzes the influence, interest, and perceived power of various players is developed and applied. The research methodology relies on 65 interviews with the key policy makers, implementers, and external observers of New Jersey's siting process as well as documents related to the issue. A case history is developed that provides a detailed overview of the development and implementation of New Jersey's hazardous-waste-disposal-facility siting policy. The research examines: the role of state government in siting policy, the effectiveness of New Jersey's siting policy implementation design, the usefulness of the process of cooptation of potential opponents into the decision-making process, and the ability of independent siting commissions to shield legislators and appointed bureaucrats from having to make politically sensitive decisions.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 7021327
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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