
Comparative Environmental Politics
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 22. May 2006
Book
Hardback
XII, 182 pages
978-1-4020-4762-6 (ISBN)
Description
While we cannot hope to provide definitive answers to these questions, as political scientists we proceed from the assumption that much can be learned through the application of the existing tools of comparative political analysis. Two of the incidents occurred in developing countries (one a parliamentary democracy, the other a democratizing presidential system), and one occurred in a highly developed presidential democracy. All three countries are federal systems, with multiple layers of environmental regulation, although sub-national government seems to be better institutionalized and more effective in the United States. Only one of the incidents occurred within the sovereign territory of a country with an effective federal environmental protection agency and highly transparent policy and judicial processes. None of the three nation-states involved has a strong "green" political party. And the affected communities in all three cases remain dissatisfied with the outcomes to varying degrees. What can we make of these observations? Is there a systematic relationship between them (or any other political, social, cultural or economic factors) and the responses to environmental crises by nation-states? To answer these questions a more systematic analysis of the attendant political processes is needed. Only then can we suggest whether hope or despair is a more appropriate reaction. 1. 2 Global Environmental Issues Since the 1960s, environmental issues have entered the agendas of most nation-states. Pollution of land, air, and water have endangered ecosystems and public health, and called for a governmental response.
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Series
Edition
2006 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
XII, 182 p.
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
479 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4020-4762-6 (9781402047626)
DOI
10.1007/1-4020-4763-0
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Content
State-society relations.- Political processes and organizations.- Political institutions and the environment.- National capacity to protect the environment.- National responses to global environmental problems.- Summary and conclusions.