Matthew R. Auer

TL;DR: In this article, the roles and responsibilities of non-state actors in global environmental affairs is examined. But for the study of global environmental problems, particularly those problems that aresimultaneously global and local, the investigator must map the influence of an even broader assemblage of actors.

TL;DR: In this article, Lasswell's decision process concept is deployed to discover social media's strengths and weaknesses for the practicing policy scientist, and the likelihood of increased collaboration among political elites and skilled, modernizing intellectuals anticipates contemporary instances of state actors who recruit skilled creators and users of social media.

TL;DR: There is a strong emphasis on sensory perception and "hands-on" learning in the outdoor environmental education of children as discussed by the authors, and normative concerns infuse children's environmental curricula, and in particular, the notion that environmental education is not a passive undertaking; when one appreciates the essential value of the environment, one is bound to care for it.

TL;DR: The role and impacts of social media in politics and policymaking are explored in this paper, where Lasswell's decision process concept is deployed to discover social media's strengths and weaknesses for the practicing policy scientist.

TL;DR: This article examines the environmental program movement as a policy problem, looking at overall goals, mapping trends in relation to those goals, identifying the underlying factors contributing to trends, and projecting the future.