Environmental technology development in liberal and coordinated market economies : tweaking institutions /

This book explores the role of institutions in policy-making and the states? role in promotion of technology, focusing on environmental technology development. Case studies include wind power diffusion in the UK and Germany, waste recycling in a variety of countries, and green automobile technology...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wong, Shiu-Fai
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Environmental policy > Developed countries.
Green technology > Government policy > Developed countries.
Green technology > Economic aspects > Developed countries.
Institutional economics.
Environmental economics > Developed countries.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Pays industrialisés.
Technologie de protection de l'environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Pays industrialisés.
Technologie de protection de l'environnement > Aspect économique > Pays industrialisés.
Institutionnalisme.
Économie de l'environnement > Pays industrialisés.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
Environmental economics
Environmental policy
Green technology > Economic aspects
Green technology > Government policy
Institutional economics
Developed countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Traditional Institutions Are Ineffective in an Exceptional Policy Sector
  • Tweaking Institutions in The Shadow of the State
  • Different Traits Design Comparisons
  • Varieties of Regulatory State: Wind Power Diffusion in the UK and Germany Varieties of State-Societal Structure: Packaging Waste Recycling Development in the US, the UK, Australia, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland
  • Varieties of State-Societal Relationship: Environmentally Friendly Auto Technology Advancement in the US and Japan
  • Conclusions.

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