Green Leviathan - The Case for a Federal Role in Environmental Policy

Zusatztext 'This is an excellent book on a very important subject: at what jurisdictional level in decentralized governmental systems should the responsibility for meaningful environmental regulation be housed? To answer this question! Inger Weibust critically reviews a vast economic and political science literature to formulate empirical propositions which are then "tested" using information derived from a study of four governmental systems: those of the United States! Canada! Switzerland! and the European Union. A genuine contribution!' Albert Breton! University of Toronto! Canada Informationen zum Autor Inger Weibust is Assistant Professor! Norman Paterson School of International Affairs! Carleton University! Canada. Klappentext Building on comparative case studies on air! water and fluoride pollution! this book questions how governance structure affects environmental policy performance in the US! Switzerland! Canada and the European Union. It demonstrates that federal systems with more centralized policy-making produce stricter environmental policies. Zusammenfassung Offering an essential insight into the complexities of policy-making, this volume builds on comparative case studies on air and water pollution to examine how governance structure affects environmental policy performance in the US, Switzerland, Canada and the European Union. Inhaltsverzeichnis Green Leviathan

Product details

• Authors: Inger Weibust, Weibust Inger
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.2009
• EAN: 9780754677291
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-7729-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Federalism Studies; Federalism Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, environmental science, engineering & technology, Politics and government, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Environmental policy and protocols