Capacity Building in National Environmental Policy

This book is the second collection of systematic case studies describing national environmental policies in 17 countries in terms of capacity building (see Appen dix). The OECD defines environmental capacity building as "a society's ability to identify and solve environmental problems. " While various institutions, including UNEP, FAO, World Bank and OECD, have hitherto used the terms environmental capacity and capacity building almost exclusively with reference to developing countries, we have extended the concepts to industrialized countries, as well. The first collection, edited by Martin Janicke, Helge Joergens (both Free University Berlin) and Helmut Weidner (Social Science Research Center Berlin), was pub lished in 1997 under the title "National Environmental Policies - A Comparative Study of Capacity-Building" (Berlin, etc. : Springer Verlag). It included 13 studies of countries. As in the first volume, chapter I presents the conceptual framework underlying the national case studies. It is a slightly shorter version of the corresponding chap ter in volume I. The design of all case studies in the two volumes is largely con gruent with this conceptual framework. Although the various sections of the stud ies do not always have identical titles and subtitles, the central elements of the capacity-building approach have been applied in all cases.

Broad cross-national survery containing 17 countries Focussing on diffusion of environmental innovations Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Professor Dr. Martin Jänicke ist Leiter der Forschungsstelle für Umweltpolitik am Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft der FU Berlin und Mitgleid im Rat von Sachverständigen für Umweltfragen.

Klappentext
The development of national environmental policies is of great concern to governments, enterprises, NGOs and international organizations since it sets the structural conditions for economic globalization. The systematically structured reports of 17 countries permit a comparison of capacities for environmental policy and management on a global scale. The country reports inform about, inter alia, the most urgent environmental problems, national policies and institutions, and environmental proponents and opponents. The book is of relevance for experts in universities, business, governments, and administrations as well as non-governmental organizations.

Inhalt
The Political System's Capacity for Environmental Policy: The Framework for Comparison.- Environmental Capacity Building in Australia.- Austria: An Eco-land?.- Brazil.- Environmental Protection Capacity in Post-Communist Bulgaria.- Canada.- National Environmental Policies: Costa Rica.- The Czech Republic.- Environmental Capacity Building in France.- Hungary.- Environmental Capacity-Building: India's Democratic Politics and Environmental Management.- Italy.- Morocco.- Environmental Capacity in Mexico: An Assessment.- New Zealand.- Environmental Policy in Poland.- Taiwan.- Environmental Capacity Building in Vietnam.- Summary: Environmental Capacity Building in a Converging World.- Acronyms.- Appendix: Country Studies and Authors Included in Volume 1.