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  • State and Environment: The Comparative Study of Environmental Governance
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  • Andreas Duit
  • 2014
  • Published by: The MIT Press
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Many recent studies on environmental governance focus on either the micro-level (the local and the individual) or the macro-level (the global) while neglecting governance at the nation-state level. State environmental governance is often perceived as inadequate, insufficient, or constrained by considerations of economic growth. And yet the impact of state environmental governance dwarfs that of the market or international organizations. This book of comparative studies documents the continuing relevance of the state in environmental politics and policy. The book also demonstrates the analytical power of the comparative approach to the study of environmental politics and policy, offering cross-national comparisons of environmental governance in both developed and developing countries. Some chapters are based on qualitative studies from a small number of countries; others offer statistical analyses of quantitative data from many more countries over a longer time period. Topics discussed include alternative approaches to estimating comparative environmental performance; citizens' shifting perceptions of their environmental responsibilities; U.S. and German wind policies; fisheries management in several African countries; and forestry conservation in Bolivia, Guatemala, and Peru. The studies illuminate such key issues as the effect of different political systems on the evolution of environmental policy regimes; why some countries seem to perform better than others in environmental matters; and the sociopolitical context of resource management.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Series Info, Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Series Foreword
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xiii-xiv
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  1. 1 Introduction: The Comparative Study of Environmental Governance
  2. Andreas Duit
  3. pp. 1-24
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  1. I Understanding Environmental Performance
  1. 2 Comparing Environmental Performance
  2. James Meadowcroft
  3. pp. 27-52
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  1. 3 Explaining Environmental Policy Adoption: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Developments in Twenty-Four OECD Countries
  2. Christoph Knill, Susumu Shikano, Jale Tosun
  3. pp. 53-80
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  1. 4 The Three Worlds of Environmental Politics
  2. Detlef Jahn
  3. pp. 81-110
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  1. 5 Wind-Power Development in Germany and the United States: Structural Factors, Multiple-Stream Convergence, and Turning Points
  2. Roger Karapin
  3. pp. 111-146
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  1. II Environmental Governance and Citizenship from a Comparative Perspective
  1. 6 Early Bird or Copycat, Leader or Laggard? A Comparison of Cross-National Patterns of Environmental Policy Change
  2. Thomas Sommerer
  3. pp. 149-178
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  1. 7 The Role of the State in the Governance of Sustainable Development: Subnational Practices in European States
  2. Susan Baker, Katarina Eckerberg
  3. pp. 179-202
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  1. 8 Sustainable Citizenship: The Role of Citizens and Consumers as Agents of the Environmental State
  2. Michele Micheletti, Dietlind Stolle, Daniel Berlin
  3. pp. 203-236
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  1. III Natural Resource Management in a Comparative Perspective
  1. 9 Decentralization and Deforestation: Comparing Local Forest Governance Regimes in Latin America
  2. Krister Andersson, Tom Evans, Clark C. Gibson, Glenn Wright
  3. pp. 239-264
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  1. 10 Enforcement and Compliance in African Fisheries: The Dynamic Interaction between Ruler and Ruled
  2. Martin Sjöstedt
  3. pp. 265-292
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  1. 11 Causes and Consequences of Stakeholder Participation in Natural Resource Management: Evidence from 143 Biosphere Reserves in Fifty-Five Countries
  2. Andreas Duit, Ola Hall
  3. pp. 293-320
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  1. 12 Conclusion: An Emerging Ecostate?
  2. Andreas Duit
  3. pp. 321-342
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  1. Appendix to Chapter 8
  2. pp. 343-348
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  1. List of Contributors
  2. pp. 349-352
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 353-364
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  1. Series Page
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