Policy, values & incommensurability: the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Project

In this thesis I explore the following question: When a government agency is charged with implementing policies formulated in the light of scientific principles, why do the justifications for implementation differ from justifications for the legislation? The predator reintroduction being carried out under the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Plan, now 19 years old, has recently catalyzed a national controversy about the value of wildlife. My goal is to examine the reasons why the ecological values that infuse government policy play little part in governmental justifications for policy implementation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Science and Technology Studies

Department dc:contributor.department

Science and Technology Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1995

Author dc:creator

• Rea, Matthew T.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-08142009-040628

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/44249