Intentional oil pollution at sea : environmental policy and treaty compliance / Ronald B. Mitchell. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Ronald B. (Ronald Bruce)

Series:

Global environmental accords series

Global environmental accords series Intentional oil pollution at sea

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oil pollution of the sea--Law and legislation.

Oil pollution of the sea.

Oil pollution of the sea--Prevention.

Oil pollution of the sea--Government policy.

Treaties--Psychological aspects.

Treaties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 361 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

I. Introduction

1. Environmental treaty compliance: an introduction

2. Compliance theory: a synthesis

3. Intentional oil pollution: history and context

II. Changing government behavior

4. Inducing governments to report: making reporting easy and worthwhile

5. Inducing governments to enforce: deterrence-based versus coerced compliance models

6. Inducing governments to comply: providing reception facilities

III. Changing industry behavior

7. Discharge limits: a failed strategy

8. Equipment standards: a successful strategy

IV. Conclusions

9. Conclusions: Uniting theory and practice

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-262-28000-0

0-585-03793-0