Green leviathan
Subtitle: the case for a federal role in environmental policy
By: by Inger Weibust.
Series: Federalism studies
Publisher: Ashgate Pub
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754677291; 9780754694465
Subjects: Environmental policy; Federal government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Examining the case for decentralized policymaking; title: Interjurisdictional regulatory competition and fears about competitiveness; title: The alternatives to decentralization : contracts versus institutions; title: United States : greening through centralization; title: Switzerland : the power of referenda in a noncentralized system; title: Canada : when centralization does not occur; title: The European Union : setting stringent standards despite the obstacles.