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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The article gives an empirical overview of the international spread of 22 environmental
policy innovations. The policy innovations examined in the article include administrative …

This article examines how individual pioneer countries contribute to the development and
global diffusion of technological environmental innovations. Key components to this end are …

This paper investigates the domestic characteristics of 'leaders' and 'laggards' in
environmental policy in 21 European countries as well as the USA, Mexico and Japan from …

The development of a systematic environmental policy began in Germany over 25 years
ago. In the meantime environmental protection has become an established area of …

ÔThis path-breaking book, written by three well known experts, makes an extremely
valuable contribution to the study of ÒnewÓ environmental policy instruments as well as to …