The politics of environmental performance : institutions and preferences in industrialized democracies / Detlef Jahn, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jahn, Detlef, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--OECD countries.

Environmental policy.

Environmental economics--OECD countries.

Environmental economics.

Environmental degradation--OECD countries--Prevention.

Environmental degradation.

Environmental degradation--Political aspects--OECD countries.

Globalization--Environmental aspects.

Globalization.

OECD countries--Environmental conditions.

OECD countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

As the world faces the prospect of climate change, nuclear disasters, and water scarcity, it is clear that environmental degradation is an increasingly serious challenge with economic and social consequences. In this book, Detlef Jahn analyzes political processes in a macro-comparative study in order to estimate the role of politics in the field of environmental performance in 21 OECD countries. His model demonstrates various styles of politics used to combat environmental degradation. He finds that economic and environmental performance are still closely linked, and that moving towards a service society does not by itself solve the environmental challenge. The close relationship of these areas was made strikingly clear in the economic crisis of the new millennium. He argues that economic globalization fosters environmental deterioration, and undermines efforts in domestic politics and international coordination to improve the environmental record.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. Approach, Method and Concepts: 2. Explaining environmental performance; 3. Preferences in environmental politics; 4. The institutional settings in 21 OECD countries; Part II. Environmental Performance in 21 OECD Countries: 5. Measuring environmental performance; 6. Aggregating environmental performance data; Part III. Analysis: 7. Domestic politics; 8. International politics; 9. The nexus of domestic and international politics; 10. Conclusion.

Notes:

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