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Comparative Environmental Politics
McBeath, Jerry (University Of Alaska); Rosenberg, Jonathan
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Description for Comparative Environmental Politics
Hardback. Assesses and compares the political response of nations to the environment. This book explores such topics as state-society relations; environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs); Green parties and environmental movements; institutions of government and policy-making; and, variations in the capacities of states to protect the environment. Series: Advances in Global Change Research. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPF; RNK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1030.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Global Change Research
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402047626
SKU
V9781402047626
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