This books analyzes international financial markets and environmental problems as typical examples of transnational common goods andconsidersthe factors affecting the strategic constellations ofcountries in common goods provision, in particular the strategic effects of multi-level governance."

Has globalization led to a convergence in policy-making across nations and, if so, what are the causal mechanisms? This book analyses the extent to which the environmental policies of nation states have converged over the last thirty years and whether this convergence has led to a strengthening or weakening of environmental standards (a race to the top, or a race to the bottom). It also analyses the factors that account for these developments. Based on a unique empirical data set, the study covers the development of a wide range of environmental policies in twenty-four OECD countries,...

Das Buch analysiert Ursachen und Mechanismen des Wandels politischer Steuerung im Zeitablauf. Auf der Grundlage von Fallstudien werden zentrale Faktoren und Zusammenhange des Steuerungswandels herausgearbeitet. Dabei steht das Ziel im Vordergrund, die jeweiligen Faktoren und Ergebnisse des Wandels politischer Steuerung fur unterschiedliche historische, geographische, institutionelle und sektorale Konstellationen empirisch zu erfassen und Hypothesen uber allgemeine Zusammenhange zwischen dem Wandel von Steuerungsideen, Steuerungsbedingungen und Steuerungsmustern zu formulieren.

This books analyzes international financial markets and environmental problems as typical examples of transnational common goods andconsidersthe factors affecting the strategic constellations ofcountries in common goods provision, in particular the strategic effects of multi-level governance."