Regulation Through Revelation - The Origin, Politics, Impacts of Toxics Release Inventory Program

List of contents

1. Legislating an incomplete contract; 2. Defining terms: rulemaking and the initial TRI data release; 3. Spreading the word in the public and private sectors; 4. Politics of expansion and contraction; 5. Lifecycles in the regulatory environment; 6. The impact(s) of the TRI; 7. Lessons from and for regulatory implementation.

Summary

This book, which was originally published in 2005, tells the story of the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program, which requires polluting companies to provide communities with information on their facilities' toxic releases and transfers.

Product details

• Authors: James T. Hamilton, James T. (Duke University Hamilton, Hamilton James T.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.2011
• EAN: 9780521389891
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38989-1
• No. of pages: 358
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, Political science & theory, Regional & area planning, Regional and area planning