International Comparisons in Implementing Pollution Laws

ISBN-13: 9789401719292 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 341 str.

P. B. Downing; K. I. Hanf

Opis

This book is the culmination of a process that started in the summer of 1979. One of the editors was invited to work with several members of the International Institute for Environment and Society. These researchers were in the early stages of a rather ambitious project designed to study differences in the implementation of pollution control laws among European countries. Our discussions soon revealed that there was much to be learned by the sharing of our research findings in the United States and Europe. Discussions among the researchers at lIES suggested that we expected there to be wide cultural and institutional differences among countries and, therefore, significant differences in the operation and effectiveness of control efforts in different countries. It has been argued al most universally that differences in institutional form will lead to differences in pollution control outcomes. By comparing implementation in various countries, we could observe the ef fects of institutional differences. The lIES project was only one study of the implementation process. Perhaps by analyzing the results of various studies by various authors and for a wide variety of countries and situations, more could be learned. The conference idea was born. The idea culminated in two conferences. The first confer ence was sponsored by the Policy Sciences Program at Florida State University and was held in Tallahassee, Florida, March 6-7, 1981. The second conference was sponsored by the lIES and was held in Berlin, Germany, October 1-3, 1981."

Spis treści

1 Introduction: A Perspective for the Study of Regulatory Enforcement.- 2 Effectiveness of the U.S. Regulatory Approach to Air Quality Management: Stationary Sources.- 3 U.S. Mobile Source Emissions Regulation: The Problems of Implementation.- 4 Revealed Rules for Regulatory Decisions: An Empirical Analysis of EPA Rulemaking Behavior.- 5 The Role of the British Alkali and Clean Air Inspectorate in Air Pollution Control.- 6 Implementing Air Pollution Control in Italy: The Importance of the Political and Administrative Structure.- 7 State and Local Relations on Environmental Regulations in the Federal Republic of Germany.- 8 The Role of Effluent Charges in Dutch Water Quality Policy.- 9 Policy Alternatives in Soviet Environmental Protection.- 10 Implementing Air Quality Control Programs in Europe: Some Results of a Comparative Study.- 11 Mixed Implementation Incentive Systems for Water Quality Management in France, the Ruhr, and the United States.- 12 Coastal Land Use Regulation in California Seen in Comparative Perspective.- 13 Enforcing Pollution Control Laws in the United States.- 14 The Implementation of Air Pollution Control in German Industry.- 15 The Enforcement of Water Pollution Controls in the United Kingdom.- 16 Institutional Choices and Social Regulation: The Case of Environmental and Occupational Health Standards.- 17 Modeling Environmental Regulation.- About the Authors.