TY - BOOK ID - 1724690 TI - Environmental policy convergence in Europe AU - Holzinger, Katharina AU - Knill, Christoph AU - Arts, Bas PY - 2008 SN - 9780521888813 0521888816 9780511491962 9780521717359 9780511410062 0511410069 0511408986 9780511408984 051140817X 9780511408175 0511491964 0521717353 1107187435 1281717223 9786611717223 0511409524 0511407424 PB - Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - Environmental policy KW - Environmental protection KW - International Cooperation KW - Economic aspects KW - Europe KW - Environmental conditions KW - International cooperation. KW - #SBIB:35H434 KW - #SBIB:327.7H42 KW - #SBIB:327.7H231 KW - Cooperation, International KW - Global governance KW - Institutions, International KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International institutions KW - World order KW - Cooperation KW - International relations KW - International organization KW - Environmental quality management KW - Protection of environment KW - Environmental sciences KW - Applied ecology KW - Environmental engineering KW - Environmental quality KW - Environment and state KW - Environmental control KW - Environmental management KW - State and environment KW - Environmental auditing KW - Economic aspects. KW - Beleidssectoren: milieubeleid en ruimtelijke ordening KW - Specifieke internationale organisaties en samenwerking: milieu KW - Europese Unie: sociaal-economisch beleid, landbouw-, milieu-, cultuur- en communicatiebeleid KW - Government policy KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - Environmental conditions. KW - International cooperation KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Environmental policy - Economic aspects - United States KW - Environmental protection - Economic aspects KW - Europe - Environmental conditions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1724690 AB - 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, including EU member states as well as Norway, Switzerland, Japan, Mexico and the USA, with particular emphasis on the impact of institutional and economic interlinkages among these countries. ER -