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Environmental Technology Development in Liberal and Coordinated Market Economies : Tweaking Institutions / by S. Wong.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wong, Shiu-Fai.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Political science.
- International economic relations.
- Ecology.
- Environmental policy.
- International Relations.
- Political Science.
- International Political Economy'.
- Environmental Sciences.
- Environmental Policy.
- Local Subjects:
- International Relations.
- Political Science.
- International Political Economy'.
- Environmental Sciences.
- Environmental Policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the role of institutions in policy-making and the states, role in promotion of technology, focusing on, environmental technology development. Case studies include wind power diffusion in the UK and Germany, waste recycling in a variety of countries, and green automobile technology in the US and Japan.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Charts and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1 Traditional Institutions are Ineffective in an Exceptional Policy Sector; 2 Tweaking Institutions in the Shadow of the State; 3 "Different Traits Design" Comparisons; 4 Varieties of Regulatory State: Wind Power Diffusion in the United Kingdom and Germany; 5 Varieties of State-Societal Structure: Packaging Waste Recycling Development in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland
- 6 Varieties of State-Societal Relationship: Environmentally Friendly Auto Technology Advancement in the United States and Japan7 Conclusions; Appendices: Definition of Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611366919
- 9781281366917
- 1281366919
- 9780312376185
- 0312376189
- OCLC:
- 138143313
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