Required Readings

Rechtschaffen and Gauna, Environmental Justice: Law, Policy and Regulations

* Chapter IV: Risk Assessment
* Chapter V: The Dynamics of Federal Environmental Regulation
* Chapter VI: Standard Setting

Course Packet

* Nichols, “Risk-Based Priorities and Environmental Justice” in Finkel and Golding, eds., Worst Things First? The Debate Over Risk-Based Environmental Priorities
* Russell and Gruber, “Risk Assessment in Environmental Policy-Making”. Science Vol. 236, pp. 286-290 (1987)
* Rosenbaum, Environmental Politics and Policy, Chapter 4

Suggested Additional Readings:

Vig and Kraft, Environmental Policy

* Chapter 10: Risk-Based Decision Making