Environmental politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States / Miranda A. Schreurs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schreurs, Miranda A. (Miranda Alice), 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Japan--Case studies.

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--Germany--Case studies.

Environmental policy--United States--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, & the United States

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A decade of climate change negotiations almost ended in failure because of the different policy approaches of the industrialized states. Japan, Germany, and the United States exemplify the deep divisions that exist among states in their approaches to environmental protection. Germany is following what could be called the green social welfare state approach to environmental protection, which is increasingly guided by what is known as the precautionary principle. In contrast, the US is increasingly leaning away from the use of environmental regulations, towards the use of market-based mechanisms to control pollution and cost-benefit analysis to determine when environmental protection should take precedence over economic activities. Internal political divisions mean that Japan sits uneasily between these two approaches. Miranda A. Schreurs uses a variety of case studies to explore why these different policy approaches emerged and what their implications are, examining the differing ideas, actors, and institutions in each state.

Contents:

Introduction

The birth of environmental movements and programs

The institutionalization of environmental movements

Acid rain: signs of policy divergence

Stratospheric ozone depletion

Global climate change: the road to UNCED

Global climate change: the battle over Kyoto

Global environmental politics and environmental policy communities

Domestic politics and the global environment: Japan, Germany, and the US compared.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-282) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12610-X

1-280-43054-0

0-511-17702-X

0-511-04283-3

0-511-15793-2

0-511-30476-5

0-511-49114-X

0-511-05460-2

OCLC:

437063530