LEADER 05415nam 22006974a 450 001 9910451758203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-09986-8 010 $a9786612099861 010 $a0-262-28554-1 010 $a1-4175-6185-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000450331 035 $a(EBL)3338828 035 $a(OCoLC)939263542 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000165615 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11152135 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165615 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10145009 035 $a(PQKB)10549851 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338828 035 $a(OCoLC)57190262$z(OCoLC)290602628$z(OCoLC)475974498$z(OCoLC)614507663$z(OCoLC)646742107$z(OCoLC)722659483$z(OCoLC)743198840$z(OCoLC)815786504$z(OCoLC)939263542$z(OCoLC)961525125$z(OCoLC)962723092$z(OCoLC)1037425306$z(OCoLC)1038594811 035 $a(OCoLC-P)57190262 035 $a(MaCbMITP)3363 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338828 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10225282 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL209986 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000450331 100 $a20030912d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGreen giants?$b[electronic resource] $eenvironmental policies of the United States and the European Union /$fedited by Norman J. Vig and Michael G. Faure 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (415 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican and comparative environmental policy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-72044-2 311 $a0-262-22068-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents ; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; I - Comparing Policy Trends: Divergence or Convergence? ; 1 - The Precautionary Principle, Risk Assessment, and the Comparative Role of Science in the European Community and the US Legal Systems; 2 - The Roots of Divergence: A European Perspective ; 3 - Convergence, Divergence, and Complexity in US and European Risk Regulation ; II - Regulatory Trends: Institutional and Policy Innovations ; 4 - Environmental Federalism in the United States and the European Union 327 $a5 - Implementation of Environmental Policy and Law in the United States and the European Union 6 - Convergence or Divergence in the Use of "Negotiated Environmental Agreements" in European and US Environmental Policy: An Overview ; 7 - What Future for Environmental Liability? The Use of Liability Systems for Environmental Regulation in the Courtrooms of the United States and the European Union ; III - Policy Divergence on Global Issues ; 8 - The Climate Change Divide: The European Union, the United States, and the Future of the Kyoto Protocol 327 $a9 - Trade and the Environment in the Global Economy: Contrasting European and American Perspectives10 - International Development Assistance and Burden Sharing; 11 - Sustainable Development: Comparative Understandings and Responses ; IV - Transnational Networks and Dialogue ; 12 - Emerging Transnational Policy Networks: The European Environmental Advisory Councils ; 13 - The Transatlantic Environmental Dialogue ; V - Conclusions ; 14 - Conclusion: The Necessary Dialogue ; About the Editors and Contributors ; Index 330 $aThe United States in recent years has been abandoning its historical role as a leader in environmental regulation. At the same time, the European Union, spurred by political integration, has enacted many new environmental laws and assumed a leadership role in promoting global environmental sustainability. Green Giants?, one of the most detailed comparisons of the environmental policies of America and Europe yet undertaken, looks at current policy trends in the United States and the European Union--the two largest economic actors in the world--and the implications they have for future transatlantic and global cooperation. The contributors--leading European and American scholars and practitioners--examine similarities and differences in specific policy areas in order to assess whether United States and European Union policies are diverging, pursuing similar goals and methods, or undergoing a'hybridization'through joint learning and exchanges. They find that although European and American policies may parallel each other somewhat in domestic regulation, they are clearly diverging in the'third generation'of environmental concerns, which include such global problems as climate change, international trade, and sustainable development. In the final chapter the editors conclude that transatlantic dialogue and cooperation at the highest level are necessary if these two economic and political giants are to lead the international community toward a stable and secure ecological future. 410 0$aAmerican and comparative environmental policy. 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zUnited States 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zEuropean Union countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 676 $a363.7/00973 701 $aVig$b Norman J$051097 701 $aFaure$b Michael$g(Michael G.)$0482097 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451758203321 996 $aGreen giants$92467758 997 $aUNINA