LEADER 03722nam 22006732 450 001 9910450163703321 005 20151008020859.0 010 $a1-107-12610-X 010 $a1-280-43054-0 010 $a0-511-17702-X 010 $a0-511-04283-3 010 $a0-511-15793-2 010 $a0-511-30476-5 010 $a0-511-49114-X 010 $a0-511-05460-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000002640 035 $a(EBL)202391 035 $a(OCoLC)437063530 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000148482 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11150097 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148482 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10224342 035 $a(PQKB)11255379 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511491146 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC202391 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL202391 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10064311 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL43054 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000002640 100 $a20090302d2002|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnvironmental politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States /$fMiranda A. Schreurs$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-52537-3 311 $a0-521-81912-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 262-282) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- The birth of environmental movements and programs -- The institutionalization of environmental movements -- Acid rain: signs of policy divergence -- Stratospheric ozone depletion -- Global climate change: the road to UNCED -- Global climate change: the battle over Kyoto -- Global environmental politics and environmental policy communities -- Domestic politics and the global environment: Japan, Germany, and the US compared. 330 $aA decade of climate change negotiations almost ended in failure because of the different policy approaches of the industrialized states. Japan, Germany, and the United States exemplify the deep divisions that exist among states in their approaches to environmental protection. Germany is following what could be called the green social welfare state approach to environmental protection, which is increasingly guided by what is known as the precautionary principle. In contrast, the US is increasingly leaning away from the use of environmental regulations, towards the use of market-based mechanisms to control pollution and cost-benefit analysis to determine when environmental protection should take precedence over economic activities. Internal political divisions mean that Japan sits uneasily between these two approaches. Miranda A. Schreurs uses a variety of case studies to explore why these different policy approaches emerged and what their implications are, examining the differing ideas, actors, and institutions in each state. 517 3 $aEnvironmental Politics in Japan, Germany, & the United States 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zJapan$vCase studies 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zGermany$vCase studies 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zUnited States$vCase studies 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 676 $a363.7/056/0952 700 $aSchreurs$b Miranda A$g(Miranda Alice),$f1963-$01052411 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450163703321 996 $aEnvironmental politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States$92483665 997 $aUNINA