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From Clean Air to Climate Policy in the Netherlands and Switzerland - Same Problems, Different Strategies?

Walter Schenkel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

367 Seiten

1998
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
978-3-906761-54-1 (ISBN)

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This study is a comprehensive analysis of clean air and climate policy in the Netherlands and Switzerland. Guided by the question "Who can learn from whom?", the author compares story lines, policy instruments and programmes, and actor networks; he very carefully investigates political traditions, problem structures, and the general "philosophy" behind each country's policy. The empirical work focuses on advantages and shortcomings of strategies applied in clean air and energy policy. Traffic policy is of particular interest, since Dutch and Swiss strategies have direct impacts on each other. Empirical observations are embedded in political theories dealing with potential shifts from sectoral thinking towards ecological modernisation, sustainable principles, and network management. The author argues that the real challenge for politics and science is to include normative debate in open policy-making systems and to go beyond simple political, scientific, and economic certainties. However, in view of international target requirements, it is suggested that there is not much time left to experiment with new policy styles.

The Author: Walter Schenkel, born in 1963, studied history, political science, and philosophy at the University of Zurich. Master thesis 1990 on urban planning processes. Research fellow at the Zurich Institute of Political Science. 1996-1997 guest researcher at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Doctorate in 1998. Research interests: environmental policy, urban planning, federalism, and network management.

Contents: In which ways do domestic actors in the Netherlands and Switzerland deal with environmental problems of a transborder and international nature? How and to which degree are actors willing to adopt applications of precaution and sustainability in order to take action under uncertain conditions? Strict legislation vs. negotiation and contractual agreements? Dutch and Swiss story lines and programmes of sustainable strategies in clean air, climate, transportation, and energy policy. Collaboration in federal systems, "voluntary" agreements (covenants) between state authorities and target groups, and the role of NGOs.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.1998
Reihe/Serie	Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes ; 370
Verlagsort	Bern
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 220 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	clean • Climate • Different • Ecological Modernisation • from • Hardcover, Softcover / Politikwissenschaft/Vergleichende und internationale Poli • HC/Politikwissenschaft/Vergleichende und internationale Politikwissenschaft • Klima • Netherlands • Network Management • Niederlande /Natur, Ökologie • Policy • Political tradition • Problems • Same • Schenkel • Schweiz /Natur, Ökologie • Strategies? • Sustainable principle • Switzerland • Traffic policy • Umweltpolitik
ISBN-10	3-906761-54-1 / 3906761541
ISBN-13	978-3-906761-54-1 / 9783906761541
Zustand	Neuware