Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United Stat... - 9780521525374

Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United Stat... - 9780521525374

Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United StatesAuthor(s): Miranda A. Schreurs\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521525374, 978-0521525374\nSynopsis\nA decade of climate change negotiations almost ended in failure because of the different policy approaches of the industrialized states. Japan, Germany, and the United States exemplify the deep divisions that exist among states in their approaches to environmental protection. Germany is following what could be called the green social welfare state approach to environmental protection, which is increasingly guided by what is known as the precautionary principle. In contrast, the US is increasingly leaning away from the use of environmental regulations, towards the use of market-based mechanisms to control pollution and cost-benefit analysis to determine when environmental protection should take precedence over economic activities. In.

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