Public policy in the age of globalization : responses to environmental and economic crises / edited by Helge Hveem and Kristen Nordhaug.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hveem, Helge.

Nordhaug, Kristen.

Series:

International political economy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Economic aspects--Developing countries--Case studies.

Environmental policy.

Economic policy--Developing countries--Case studies.

Economic policy.

Globalization--Environmental aspects--Developing countries--Case studies.

Globalization.

Globalization--Environmental aspects.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects.

Developing countries.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 251 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

Summary:

This book focuses on changes in environmental and economic policies in six developing countries. It shows how domestic politics interact with international actors such as multilateral institutions. It offers lively accounts of the behavior of political actors, interest groups, and the civil society, particularly environmentalists. It shows how ideas such as those of neoliberal economics affect policymaking, specifically during or after crisis, and also how social protest and demands for sustainable development are mobilized.

Contents:

1 Introduction: National Institutions and the Politics of Adjustment to Globalization / Helge Hveem, Kristen Nordhaug 1

2 Shooting for Reform. The Interplay of External and Domestic Constraints in Argentina / Diana Tussie, Maria Fernanda Tuozzo 23

3 The Limits to Liberalization: Adjustment, the Environment and Political Reaction in Costa Rica / Benedicte Bull, Alvaro Lopez Mora 45

4 Weaving through Paradoxes: Democratization, Globalization and Environment Politics in South Korea / Chung-in Moon, Sunghack Lim 71

5 Industry Interests, Institutional Inertia and Activism. Late Liberalization and the Environment in India / V.K. Natraj 96

6 Reforms as a Domestic and International Process. Liberalization and Industry in the Ivory Coast / Alice Sindzingre, Bernard Conte 125

7 Sunset or Sunrise? Regime Change and Institutional Adjustment in South Africa

a Critical Analysis / Peter Vale, Larry A. Swatuk 163

8 Summary and Conclusions: Adjusting Trade Liberalization and Environmental Protection Demands in an Era of Globalization / Helge Hveem, Kristen Nordhaug 198.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-246) and index.

ISBN:

0333998480

OCLC:

50006607