Synopses & Reviews
The world's industrialized nations are the major consumers of the Earth's resources and major sources of environmental pollution. Environmental protection plays an important role in the politics of most of these nations. Although a large and growing body of literature exists on environmental problems and policies in the developed world, most of it focuses on government policy in individual nations. A smaller body of literature compares specific environmental policies in two or more nations. Taking a broader approach, this book examines the environmental policy process in seven major industrialized nations: Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Each chapter discusses one country's major environmental problems and determinants of its environmental politics and policy. It also analyzes the interplay between politics and policy and offers suggesions for developing effective policy.The book analyzes the role of institutions, interests, and values in shaping policies in each of the seven countries. An institutional perspective provides a common framework, focusing on three kinds of institutions: business and industry; federal and provincial governments; and international organizations. The final chapter offers hypotheses concerning institutions and environmental policy as a basis for further research.
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"A timely overview of contemporary environmental developments in seven major industrial economies. This book provides an excellent introduction to the comparative study of environmental policy."--David Vogel, Haas School of Business and Department of Political Science, University of California, BerkeleyPlease note: Slight change in endorser's affiliation. The MIT Press
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"This book presents us with an exhaustively researched discussion of several dimensions of the regulation of a particular industry, placed in the context of scholarship on regulatory competition. The research is original, and the conclusions well argued persuasive, and important."--David Vogel, Haas School of Business and Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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"A sophisticated, comprehensive, and informative analysis of the role of business in shaping American environmental policy. This collection of essays makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the complex political, legal, and institutional dynamics that underlie the making and implementation of environmental regulation, as well as the political role and influence of business in American politics."--David Vogel, Haas School of Business and Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley The MIT Press
Synopsis
The book analyzes the role of institutions, interests, and values in shaping policies in each of the seven countries. An institutional perspective provides a common framework, focusing on three kinds of institutions: business and industry; federal and provincial governments; and international organizations. The final chapter offers hypotheses concerning institutions and environmental policy as a basis for further research.
Synopsis
Comparative analyses of environmental policy and politics in seven major industrialized nations.
About the Author
Uday Desai is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and the editor of Policy Studies Journal.