New Instruments of Environmental Governance?: National Experiences and Prospects

ISBN-13: 9780714683003 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 248 str.

Andrew Jordan; Rudiger K. W. Wurzel; Anthony R. Zito

Opis

Many highly industrialized countries are rapidly adopting new environmental policy instruments (NEPIs) such as eco-taxes, tradable permits, voluntary agreements and eco-labels. This apparently profound shift has prompted widespread claims that NEPIs have eclipsed regulation as the preferred tool of environmental policy. This volume offers a fresh perspective on the evolving tool-box of environmental policy by providing a systematic analysis of the policy and politics surrounding the adoption and use of the main NEPIs in a variety of countries. By blending political theories with fresh empirical material, the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume assess the claim that NEPIs have supplanted regulation, heralding a new era of environmental governance in which the state plays a secondary role in sustainability policy-making.

Spis treści

Introduction: "New" Instruments of Environmental Governance - Patterns and Pathways of Change Andrew Jordan et al.  National Experiences: The Politics of "Light-Handed" Regulation - "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in Australia Elim Papadakis and Richard Grant.  Struggling to Leave Behind a Highly Regulatory Past? "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in Austria Rudiger K.W. Wurzel et al.  The Politics of Regulatory Reform - "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in Finland Rauno Sairinen.  From High Regulatory State to Social and Ecological Market Economy? "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in Germany Rudiger K.W. Wurzel et al.  Much Talk but Little Action? "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in Ireland Brendan Flynn.  Instrument Innovation in an Environmental Lead State - "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in the Netherlands Anthony R. Zito et al.  Policy Innovation or "Muddling Through"? "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in the United Kingdom Andrew Jordan et al.  Comparative Conclusions: "New" Environmental Policy Instruments - An Evolution or a Revolution in Environmental Policy? Andrew Jordan et al.

O autorze

Andrew Jordan, Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel, Anthony R., Zito