Transnational Politics of the Environment

Transnational Politics of the Environment
Author: Liliana B. Andonova
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2003-11-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780262261418

A study of the effect of EU membership on Central and Eastern European environmental policy and the interplay of political incentives and industry behavior that determines policy In Transnational Politics of the Environment, Liliana Andonova examines the effect of the Europen Union (EU) on the environmental policies of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Poland. Compliance with EU environmental regulations is especially onerous for Central and Eastern European countries because of the costs involved and the legacy of pollution from communist-era industries. But Andonova argues that EU integration has a positive impact on environmental policies in these countries by exerting a strong influence on the environmental interests of regulated industries. With her empirical study of chemical safety and air pollution policies from 1990 to 2000, she shows that export-competitive industries such as the chemical industry that would benefit from economic integration have an incentive to adopt EU norms. By contrast, industries such as electric utilities that primarily serve the domestic market remain opposed to EU environmental standards and must be prodded by their own governments to implement environmental-protection measures. These differences in domestic interests greatly influence the course of reforms and the adoption of EU standards. Transnational Politics of the Environment challenges the current focus on intergovernmental cooperation between East and West by highlighting the roles of industries, transnational norms, and domestic institutions in promoting change in environmental regulation. It offers a generalizable framework for understanding the politics of environmental regulation in emerging market economies, and helps bridge the divide between the study of domestic and international environmental politics.

Transnational Environmental Policy

Transnational Environmental Policy
Author: Reiner Grundmann
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1134592248

Transnational Environmental Policy analyses a surprising success story in the field of international environmental policy making: the threat to the ozone layer posed by industrial chemicals, and how it has been averted. The book also raises the more general question about the problem-solving capacities of industrialised countries and the world society as a whole. Reiner Grundmann investigates the regulations which have been put in place at an international level, and how the process evolved over twenty years in the US and Germany.

Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy

Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy
Author: Elizabeth R. DeSombre
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780262541077

Looking at major regulations on endangered species, air pollution and fisheries conservation, this book determines which one the US has attempted to internationalize and how successful this has been. It underlines the importance of regulated industries in the creation of environmental policy.

International Environmental Policy

International Environmental Policy
Author: Lynton Keith Caldwell
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1996
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780822318668

In this newly revised and expanded edition of the award-winning International Environmental Policy, Lynton Keith Caldwell updates his comprehensive survey of the global international movement for protection of the environment. Serving as a history of international cooperation on environmental issues, this book focuses primarily on the development of international agreements and institutional arrangements--both governmental and nongovernmental--along with the impact of science, technology, trade, and communication on environmental policy. With implications for multinational commerce, population policy, agriculture, energy issues, biological and cultural diversity, transnational equity, ideology, and education, this book takes a broad view of the policy outcomes of what may be the most important social movement of the 20th century, and addresses the events and politics that have significantly affected the movement over the last twenty years and will continue to affect it into the next century.

Environmental Policy

Environmental Policy
Author: Jane Roberts
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0415198852

'Environmental Policy' clearly explains how the social sciences relate to environmental policy-making and how they can be used to achieve policies for a sustainable future.

International Environmental Law and the Global South

International Environmental Law and the Global South
Author: Shawkat Alam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2015-09-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107055695

Situating the global poverty divide as an outgrowth of European imperialism, this book investigates current global divisions on environmental policy.

International Environmental Law and Policy for the 21st Century

International Environmental Law and Policy for the 21st Century
Author: Ved Nanda
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 682
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004242864

A significant contribution to the field, and a welcome addition to the growing literature on international environmental law and an important reference for every scholar, lawyer, and layperson interested in the field.

The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy

The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy
Author: Robert Falkner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2016-09-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1119250374

The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of global policy on climate and the environment. It combines the strengths of an interdisciplinary team of experts from around the world to explore current debates and the latest thinking in the search for global environmental solutions. Explores the environmental challenges we currently face, and the concepts and approaches to solving these Questions the role of global actors, institutions and processes, and considers the links between global climate and environment policy, and that of the global economy Highlights the connections between social science research and global policy Brings together authoritative coverage of recent research by internationally-renowned experts from around the world, including from North America, Europe, and Asia Provides an essential resource guide for students and researchers from across a wide range of related disciplines – from politics and international relations, to environmental sciences and sociology – and for global policy practitioners