Since the early days of environmental policy in the 1970s, international policy development
has been driven by pioneer countries that set regulatory trends. The ongoing diffusion of …

A central issue of globalisation research is the question whether globalisation leads to the
convergence of policies or whether domestic responses to global challenges remain …

In the age of economic globalization and international cooperation, it seems reasonable to
hypothesize that there exist equal global dynamics of environmental policymaking and …

Has globalisation led to a convergence in policy-making across nations and, if so, what are
the causal mechanisms? This book analyses the extent to which the environmental policies …

There is reason to believe that environmental policy convergence resulting from policy
diffusion is influenced not only by functional imperatives of the world market, but also by a …

IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES BECOME
INCREASINGLY INTERDE-pendent. This means that the policy choices of one country are …

Scholars have proposed the analytical concept of the environmental state, a state where
government actively addresses negative environmental externalities of economic activities …

The subject of this paper is the importance of the diffusion of environmental innovations
between countries for the global development of environmental policy. Empirical …

The subject of this paper is the importance of the diffusion of environmental innovations
between countries for the global development of environmental policy. Empirical …

International environmental regimes are considered key factors in dealing with global
environmental change problems. It is important to understand if and how regimes are …