State and environment : the comparative study of environmental governance / edited by Andreas Duit.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duit, Andreas, editor.

Series:

American and comparative environmental policy.

American and comparative environmental policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Environmental management.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume of comparative studies documents the continuing relevance of the state in environmental politics and policy. The book also demonstrates the analytical power of the comparative approach to the study of environmental politics and policy, offering cross-national comparisons of environmental governance in both developed and developing countries. Some chapters are based on qualitative studies from a small number of countries; others offer statistical analyses of quantitative data from many more countries over a longer time period.

Contents:

Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Comparative Study of Environmental Governance; I Understanding Environmental Performance; 2 Comparing Environmental Performance; 3 Explaining Environmental Policy Adoption: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Developments in Twenty-Four OECD Countries; 4 The Three Worlds of Environmental Politics; 5 Wind-Power Development in Germany and the United States: Structural Factors, Multiple-Stream Convergence, and Turning Points; II Environmental Governance and Citizenship from a Comparative Perspective

6 Early Bird or Copycat, Leader or Laggard? A Comparison of Cross-National Patterns of Environmental Policy Change7 The Role of the State in the Governance of Sustainable Development: Subnational Practices in European States; 8 Sustainable Citizenship: The Role of Citizens and Consumers as Agents of the Environmental State; III Natural Resource Management in a Comparative Perspective; 9 Decentralization and Deforestation: Comparing Local Forest Governance Regimes in Latin America; 10 Enforcement and Compliance in African Fisheries: The Dynamic Interaction between Ruler and Ruled

11 Causes and Consequences of Stakeholder Participation in Natural Resource Management: Evidence from 143 Biosphere Reserves in Fifty-Five Countries12 Conclusion: An Emerging Ecostate?; Appendix to Chapter 8; List of Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-32388-5

0-262-02712-7

0-262-32387-7

OCLC:

881477723