Environmental policy convergence in Europe : the impact of international institutions and trade / edited by Katharina Holzinger, Christoph Knill and Bas Arts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holzinger, Katharina.

Knill, Christoph.

Arts, Bas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Economic aspects--Europe.

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection--Economic aspects--Europe.

Environmental protection.

Environmental protection--Economic aspects.

Environmental conditions.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects.

Europe.

International cooperation.

Europe--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Has globalisation led to a convergence in policy-making across nations and, if so, what are the causal mechanisms? 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). It also analyses the factors that account for these developments. Based on a unique empirical data set, the study covers the development of a wide range of environmental policies in twenty-four OECD countries, including EU member states as well as Norway, Switzerland, Japan, Mexico and the USA, with particular emphasis on the impact of institutional and economic interlinkages among these countries.

Contents:

2 State of the art - conceptualising environmental policy convergence / Katharina Holzinger, Helge Jorgens, Christoph Knill 7

3 Theoretical framework: causal factors and convergence expectations / Katharina Holzinger, Christoph Knill 30

4 Research design, variables and data / Stephan Heichel, Katharina Holzinger, Thomas Sommerer, Duncan Liefferink, Jessica Pape, Sietske Veenman 64

5 Degree and direction of environmental policy convergence: analysis of aggregate data / Christoph Knill, Thomas Sommerer, Katharina Holzinger 98

6 The pair approach: what causes convergence of environmental policies? / Thomas Sommerer, Katharina Holzinger, Christoph Knill 144

7 The gap approach: what affects the direction of environmental policy convergence? / Bas Arts, Duncan Liefferink, Jelmer Kamstra, Jeroen Ooijevaar 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-264) and index.

ISBN:

9780521888813

0521888816

OCLC:

212375818