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Book SynopsisGovernments have at their disposal a broad range of policy instruments that they may use to influence behaviour and pursue environmental policy goals. This volume of the
Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law is a comprehensive guide to these environmental policy instruments, examining their characteristics, applications, strengths and limitations, as well as giving an overview of the most significant issues related to their adoption and effectiveness.
With entries written by leading international scholars, this incisive volume provides insight into the cross-cutting issues that are common to discussions of such policy instruments, including the legal bases for their use, how instruments can be compared for costs, distributional questions, and monitoring and enforcement. Contributions also explore hybrids and blends of policy instruments and explain the relationships between them, using case studies and examples from around the world, as well as providing succinct summaries of the substantial literature in the field.
Students and scholars in environmental law will find this volume to be an invaluable resource, for both its solid theoretical foundations and its analysis of undertreated issues in the field. Its discussion of how and why each policy tool might be used is particularly relevant for policymakers and practitioners.
Contributors include: A.D.K. Abelkop, C. Coglianese, M.A. Cohen, D.H. Cole, C.M. Correa, N. de Sadeleer, R.C. Feiock, P.Z. Grossman, N. Gunningham, S. Hayes Richards, M. Howlett, S.-L. Hsu, B. Huber, O. Karassin, B.C. Karkkainen, S.E. Light, L.M.J. McCann, J.E. Milne, I. Mukherjee, E.W. Orts, O. Perez, K.R. Richards, T.M. Roberts, A. Rowell, S. Roy, J.P. Shimshack, H. Sigman, D. Sinclair, S. Starobin, S.E. Weishaar, E. Woerdman, H. Yi, J. van Zeben
Trade Review'This is an impressive book, edited and written by many leading colleagues in the field internationally. It reflects upon the wide variety of policy instruments governments nowadays have at their disposal to develop and implement environmental, energy, climate and sustainability policies. Their work shows that many governments still have not managed to get their act together on this. This volume will therefore be a beacon of light in the dark.' --Kurt Deketelaere, KU Leuven, Belgium
'In this important volume, the editors - Kenneth Richards and Josephine van Zeben - have assembled an impressive set of entries that provide a remarkably comprehensive description and assessment of the diverse set of policy instruments which can be used by governments to achieve their environmental objectives in the face of market failures.'
--Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University, US
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword to the Encyclopedia Foreword to Volume VIII Introduction to Volume VIII: Instruments for environmental policy Kenneth R. Richards and Josephine Van Zeben PART 1 - General Issues in Environmental Policy Instruments 1. Governmental environmental action: legal bases And restraints Josephine Van Zeben 2. Beyond compliance costs: comparing the total costs of alternative regulatory instruments Daniel H. Cole and Peter Z. Grossman 3. Public and private interactions in global environmental governance Orr Karassin and Oren Perez 4. Distributional concerns in environmental policy instruments Suryapratim Roy 5. Monitoring, enforcement, and the choice of environmental policy instruments Mark A. Cohen and Jay P. Shimshack 6. Designing public participation in the policy process: a critical review of procedural instrument theory Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee 7. Politics and policy instrument choice Richard C. Feiock and Hongtao Yi 8. Behavioural instruments in environmental regulation Arden Rowell 9. Transaction costs considerations in instrument choice, design and implementation Laura M.J. McCann PART 2 - Examining the Environmental Policy Instruments 10. The range of policy instruments Kenneth R. Richards Instruments to Change Behavior 11. Explaining the persistence of ‘command-and-control’ in US environmental law Daniel H. Cole 12. Environmental taxes Janet E. Milne 13. Prices versus quantities Shi-Ling Hsu 14. Subsidies and the environment Tracey M. Roberts 15. Public and private procurement in environmental governance Sarah E. Light and Eric W. Orts 16. The role of tort law in environmental and public health governance Adam D.K. Abelkop 17. Property rights Bruce Huber 18. Emissions trading: design, diffusion and drawbacks Edwin Woerdman Instruments to Create and Disseminate Information 19. Patents as environmental policy instruments Carlos M. Correa 20. Management-based regulation Cary Coglianese and Shana Starobin 21. Mandated information – reporting Bradley C. Karkkainen Instrument Mixes, Hybrids, and Blends 22. Environmental offset programmes Kenneth R. Richards 23. Regulatory pluralism and regulatory mix Neil Gunningham and Darren Sinclair 24. Voluntary environmental agreements Stephanie Hayes Richards and Kenneth R. Richards 25. Deposit-refunds Hilary Sigman International Issues in Policy Instruments 26. Linking of climate change policies Stefan E. Weishaar 27. Environmental protection through legal acts and instruments by the European Union Nicolas de Sadeleer Index
