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Environmental and Health Regulation in the United States and the European Union: Protecting Public and Planet
Mitchell P. Smith
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Description for Environmental and Health Regulation in the United States and the European Union: Protecting Public and Planet
Hardcover. This book explains why the rigor of environmental and health regulation in the European Union has surpassed that in the United States during the past decade Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the United States increasingly has relaxed its regulatory posture in the face of critical challenges to public health and the environment. This is true for regulation of recycling of end-of-life products, including autos and electronic components; potentially hazardous chemicals; and health claims on food labels. Coincidentally, the European Union has gravitated toward more restrictive regulation in these very same areas. How might we explain these diverging regulatory trajectories of the world s two largest market economies in an era of rising public awareness of dangers to the public and the planet? The ... Read more
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the United States increasingly has relaxed its regulatory posture in the face of critical challenges to public health and the environment. This is true for regulation of recycling of end-of-life products, including autos and electronic components; potentially hazardous chemicals; and health claims on food labels. Coincidentally, the European Union has gravitated toward more restrictive regulation in these very same areas. How might we explain these diverging regulatory trajectories of the world s two largest market economies in an era of rising public awareness of dangers to the public and the planet? The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
195
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230109360
SKU
V9780230109360
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99-15
About Mitchell P. Smith
MITCHELL P. SMITH Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma, USA.
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