State and Environment: The Comparative Study of Environmental Governance

Book Overview

Studies of environmental governance that show the relevance of the state's role in environmental politics and the analytical power of the comparative approach.

Many recent studies on environmental governance focus on either the micro-level (the local and the individual) or the macro-level (the global) while neglecting governance at the nation-state level. State environmental governance is often perceived as inadequate, insufficient,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262027127
• ISBN13: 9780262027120
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher