The Ecological Modernization Capacity of Japan and Germany: Comparing Nuclear Energy, Renewables, Automobility and Rare Earth Policy

ISBN-13: 9783658274047 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 208 str.

Lutz Mez; Lila Okamura; Helmut Weidner

Opis

Comparing Nuclear Energy, Renewables, Automobility and Rare Earth Policy

Spis treści

Ecological Modernization.- Environmental Capacity Building.- Path Dependence.- Nuclear Energy.- Renewables.- Rare Earth.- Automobile Policy.- Environmental Policy in Japan and Germany. 

O autorze

PD Dr. Lutz Mez is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Dr. Lila Okamura is Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, Dokkyo University, Japan

PD Dr. Helmut Weidner is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Blurb

Cognitive-strategic capabilities of a country are decisive for overcoming the strong path dependence in climate-related policies and to achieve ecological and economic modernization. This is the result of a unique comparison approach focusing on four highly intertwined policy areas (Automobiles, Nuclear Energy, Renewables and Rare Earth) in Japan and Germany. Both countries have in principle sufficient economic, technological and institutional capacities for an ecological transformation, but they are lacking an integrated policy strategy to mobilize and organize the existing capacities in favor of structural changes. The focused four policy areas are analyzed in depth and compared by experts from political science. 

Contents

• Ecological Modernization
• Environmental Capacity Building
• Path Dependence
• Nuclear Energy
• Renewables
• Rare Earth
• Automobile Policy
• Environmental Policy in Japan and Germany

The Target Groups 

• Lecturers and students in the fields of political and social sciences, environmental/climate/ energy science, economics and business administration
• Experts in the fields of environmental and energy policy and climate protection

The Editors 

PD Dr. Lutz Mez is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 

Dr. Lila Okamura is Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, Dokkyo University, Japan

PD Dr. Helmut Weidner is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany