Forging Environmentalism

Forging Environmentalism

Author: Joanne R Bauer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-01-28

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 131747029X

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Drawing on an unusually rich empirical base, this timely and compelling book examines how environmental values are constructed and legitimized within the policy process. It trains the spotlight on four environmentally significant countries - China, Japan, India, and the United States - representing a wide diversity of cultural, social, economic, and political characteristics. Through a combination of case studies and comparative analysis, the contributors illuminate cultural assumptions, standards, and analytic techniques that shape environmental actions and policies around the world. "Forging Environmentalism" provides valuable direction regarding what can be done to secure public support for environmental policies. Incorporating expert legal, economic, philosophical, sociological, and political perspective points the way toward the possibilities for a convergence of environmental norms and values across diverse cultures.


Digest of Ethiopia's National Policies, Strategies and Programs

Digest of Ethiopia's National Policies, Strategies and Programs

Author: Yamāh̲barāwi ṭenāt madrak (Ethiopia)

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 9994450190

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Having just emerged from a prolonged civil war and faced with the urgent tasks of establishing political stability and reinvigorating an economy in tatters, the Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1991-1995) had to set a new direction for the economic reconstruction and social rehabilitation of the warn-torn and poverty-ridden country. During the Transitional Period a spate of new policies and strategies defining the development priorities, goals and implementation instruments of the new regime led by the EPRDF was introduced. This work is a synthesis of various sectoral policies and an attempt to trace the genesis of the policies, highlight the continuities, significant departures and other salient features. Each of the reviews in this digest briefly analyses the critical elements of the policies, identifies major gaps in the conceptualisation of the policy as well as the achievements registered and the challenges encountered in its implementation. The authors also try to identify the outstanding issues to be addressed by policymakers and suggest remedies. The policy reviews have been grouped into three parts and presented under social, economic and governance sectors.


OECD e-Government Studies: Hungary 2007

OECD e-Government Studies: Hungary 2007

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2007-06-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9264030522

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This comprehensive review of e-government in Hungary draws important lessons from the Hungarian experience and identifies the challenges Hungary faces in using e-government to improve government.


Japan, China and Networked Regionalism in East Asia

Japan, China and Networked Regionalism in East Asia

Author: J. Rathus

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 0230342914

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Viewing the rise of China from Japan's perspective, the author elucidates Japanese policy responses and their implications for regional institution building. It fills a gap in knowledge about the development of East Asian regional institutions and Sino-Japanese relationships.