Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Punctuated Equilibrium Theory and Environmental Policy -- 3 Tipping Points, Abrupt Opinion Changes, and Punctuated Policy Change -- 4 Path Dependency and Adroit Innovation: The Case of California Water -- 5 On Social Traps and Lobster Traps: Choppy Waters on the Voyage Toward Fisheries' Harvesting Rights -- 6 Behavioral Thresholds and Institutional Rigidities as Explanations of Punctuated Equilibrium Processes in Pacific Northwest Forest Policy Dynamics -- 7 The Political Economy of U. S. Greenhouse Gas Controls -- 8 Automobile Fuel Efficiency Policy: Beyond the CAFE Controversy -- 9 The Politics of Grazing on Federal Lands: A Policy Change Perspective -- References -- Contributors -- Index.