Green giants? : environmental policies of the United States and the European Union / / edited by Norman J. Vig and Michael G. Faure

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 398 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.7/00973
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - United States; Environmental policy - European Union countries
• Persona (resp. second.): VigNorman J.; FaureMichael (Michael G.)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; 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 ; 5 - 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 ; 9 - Trade and the Environment in the Global Economy: Contrasting European and American Perspectives; 10 - 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Green Giants
• ISBN: 1-282-09986-8; 9786612099861; 0-262-28554-1; 1-4175-6185-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777449403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American and comparative environmental policy.