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9780521717359: Environmental Policy Convergence in Europe: The Impact of International Institutions and Trade

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This book examines the impact of economic globalization and international institutions on the development of national environmental policies.

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This book analyses the extent to which the environmental policies of nation states have converged over the last thirty years and whether this convergence has led to a strengthening or weakening of environmental standards (a race to the top, or a race to the bottom).

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Introduction Katharina Holzinger, Christoph Knill and Bas Arts; 2. State of the art - conceptualising environmental policy convergence Katharina Holzinger, Helge Jörgens and Christoph Knill; 3. Theoretical framework: causal factors and convergence expectations Katharina Holzinger and Christoph Knill; 4. Research design, variables and data Stephan Heichel, Katharina Holzinger, Thomas Sommerer, Duncan Liefferink, Jessica Pape and Sietske Veenman; 5. Degree and direction of environmental policy convergence: analysis of aggregate data Thomas Sommerer, Christoph Knill and Katharina Holzinger; 6. The pair approach: what causes convergence of environmental policies? Thomas Sommerer, Katharina Holzinger and Christoph Knill; 7. The gap approach: what affects the direction of environmental policy convergence? Bas Arts, Duncan Liefferink, Jelmer Kamstra and Jeroen Ooijevaar; 8. Conclusion Christoph Knill, Katharina Holzinger and Bas Arts.

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ISBN 10:  0521888816 ISBN 13:  9780521888813
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008
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