Synopses & Reviews
Analyzes environmental problems and policies in developing countries around the world and discusses new prospects for international cooperation and funding. Considers hard political choices, who is to blame for environmental decay, who should pay to overcome problems, and how policies should be administered. Experts from different countries offer their perspectives about the role of multilateral agencies, the North-South dimensions of environmental problems since 1972, internal and external factors that have affected Third World development, new measures and opportunities since the Rio Summit conference, and case studies of representative countries—India, China, Indonesia, Africa, Nigeria, Chile, and Mexico. A bibliography enhances this authoritative study for the use of political scientists, economists, and public administrators, for teachers, students, and professionals.
Review
n this anthology, editors O.P. Dwivedi and Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi present sound analyses of national-level environmental policy in several Third World countries: India, China, Indonesia, Nigeria, Chile, and Mexico...The study of comparative environmental politics and policies promises many rewards: clear lessons and models that could save fledgling environmental agencies from painful mistakes; greater understanding of domestic positions in international environmental negotiations; and dependable regulatory information relevant to foreign investors.... the book provides fertile ground for the new field of comparative environmental politics.Environment
Synopsis
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN THE THIRD WORLD Analyzes environmental problems and policies in developing countries and new prospects for international cooperation
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-217) and index.
About the Author
O. P. DWIVEDI is Professor of Public and Environmental Administration, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.DHIRENDRA K. VAJPEYI is Professor of Political Science at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.
Table of Contents
Preface
Sustainable Development: Linking Global Environmental Change to Technology Cooperation by Dieter Koenig
External Factors Influencing Environmental Policymaking in the Third World: Role of Multilateral Development Aid Agencies by Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi
India's Environmental Policy, Programs and Politics by O. P. Dwivedi and Renu Khator
Environmental Protection in China by George P. Jan
Protecting the Environment in Indonesia: Policies and Programs by Robert Boardman and Timothy M. Shaw
Environmental Problems, Policies and Prospects in Africa: A Continental Overview by Peter J. Stoett
Nigeria's Environment: Crises, Consequences and Responses by Pita Ogaba Agbese
Environmental Policy and Politics in Chile: A Latin American Case-Study by J. Nef
National Environmental Policy and Programs in Mexico by Maria Emilia Janetti-Diaz, Jose Mario Hernandez-Quezada, and Chadwick DeWaard
Selected Bibliography by Steven Havercamp and Georgia N. Vajpeyi
Index