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Comparative environmental regulation in the United States and Russia : institutions, flexible instruments, and governance / Lada V. Kochtcheeva.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kochtcheeva, Lada V.
- Series:
- SUNY series in global environmental policy.
- SUNY series in global environmental policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--United States.
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental policy--Russia (Federation).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As environmental problems continue to pose a threat to the well-being of people all over the world, achieving pollution control through innovative methods and at a lower cost becomes very attractive. However, cost-effectiveness and technical rationality are often at odds with political goals and policy traditions. Lada V. Kochtcheeva analyzes the introduction of flexible laws and regulations in both air and water quality policies in the United States and the Russian Federation from the 1960s to the present, and highlights the replacement of command and control systems with flexible instruments such as incentive programs, tradable permits, and pollution charges. With its rich comparative institutional analysis, the book contributes to the debate on institutional dynamism, policy innovation, and new modes of regulation, while simultaneously addressing the processes and attributes of good governance.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Environmental Protection through Flexible Regulation
- On Institutions and Instruments
- Clear Skies through Flexible Regulation
- How Technology Forcing Limits Flexibility
- Pollution Charges and Their Discontents
- Incentives and Revenue
- Comparison and Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-221) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791477076
- 079147707X
- 9781441603722
- 1441603727
- OCLC:
- 316505420
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