Waste trading among rich nations : building a new theory of environmental regulation /

When most people think of hazardous waste trading, they think of egregious dumping by U.S. and European firms on poor countries in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. But over 80 percent of the waste trade takes place between industrialized nations and is legal by domestic and international st...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Neill, Kate, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
Series:American and comparative environmental policy.
Subjects:
Hazardous wastes > Management.
Hazardous wastes > Transportation.
Environmental policy.
Déchets dangereux > Gestion.
Déchets dangereux > Transport.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale.
environmental policy.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Waste Management.
Afvalstoffen.
Milieubeleid.
Milieumanagement.
Internationale handel.
OESO-landen.
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hazardous waste trading among OECD countries: a comparative approach
  • Out of the backyard: hazardous waste management as an international issue
  • An institutional explanation of the waste trade
  • Great Britain: risk acceptance and the politics of flexibility, diffusion, and closure
  • Germany: technocracy, federalism, and risk aversion
  • The waste trade and environmental regulation in France, Australia, and Japan.

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