The Environmental State Under Pressure (Research in Social Problems and Public Policy)
Contributors: Frederick H Buttel (Editor); Arthur P. J. Mol (Editor)
Publisher: JAI Press
Published: May 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780762308545
Subjects: Central government; The Environment; 21st century; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Sociology; Social Science; Science/Mathematics; Europe; USA; Social Science / Sociology / General; Sociology - General
First sentence: Environmental quality has traditionally been perceived as a common or public good which cannot readily be provided via the market, and thus the state has been assumed to be the principal actor in environmental protection (albeit with great variations in the processes and efficacy of state environmental management institutions across nation-states).
Description: viii, 267 p. : 23 cm