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Green Leviathan

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Green Leviathan book

The Case for a Federal Role in Environmental Policy

Green Leviathan

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Green Leviathan book

The Case for a Federal Role in Environmental Policy
ByInger Weibust
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2009
eBook Published 22 April 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315585901
Pages 246 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315585901
SubjectsEnvironment and Sustainability, Politics & International Relations
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Weibust, I. (2009). Green Leviathan. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315585901

The US, Switzerland and Canada are wealthy democracies that should be conducive to effective decentralized or cooperative environmental policy-making. However, a closer examination of their environmental policy over many decades finds no evidence that these approaches have worked. So does it matter which level of government makes policy? Can cooperation between sub-national governments protect the environment? Building on comparative case studies on air and water pollution and making use of extensive historical material, Inger Weibust questions how governance structure affects environmental policy performance in the US, Switzerland, Canada and the European Union. The research breaks new ground by studying formal and informal environmental cooperation. It analyzes whether federal systems with more centralized policy-making produce stricter environmental policies and debates whether devolution and the establishment of subsidiaries will lead to less environmental protection. An essential insight into the complexities of policy-making and governance structures, this book is an important contribution to the growing debates surrounding comparative federalism and multi-level governance.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|18 pages

Examining the Case for Decentralized Policymaking

chapter 3|20 pages

Interjurisdictional Regulatory Competition and Fears about Competitiveness

chapter 4|18 pages

The Alternatives to Decentralization: Contracts versus Institutions

chapter 5|30 pages

The United States: Greening through Centralization

chapter 6|26 pages

Switzerland: The Power of Referenda in a Noncentralized System

chapter 7|56 pages

Canada: When Centralization Does Not Occur

chapter 8|16 pages

The European Union: Setting Stringent Standards despite the Obstacles

chapter 9|14 pages

Conclusion

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