Environmental Law and Policy in the European Union and the United States

by Randall Baker

Overview

Authorities in the fields of environmental and international law and policy, political science, environmental technology, and public administration compare and contrast the ways in which the United States and the European Union handle similar environmental issues.

The contributors critically analyze the influence of culture and history on the way apparently similar developed democracies handle the same problems; they examine the center-state relationship as it applies to EU member countries in contrast to states within the United States; they look at the challenge of transboundary, international, and global environmental problems, and how these relate to the still-emerging geopolitical reconfigurations involved in such structures as NAFTA and the EU; and they examine how transnational resources are handled in the North American and EU contexts. Randall Baker has assembled leading experts who examine significant issues for policymakers and environmentalists in North America and Western Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275952624
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/20/1997
Series:	World Literature; 86
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.42(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

RANDALL BAKER is a professor and the Director of the International Programs at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University. Among his earlier publications is Comparative Public Management (Praeger, 1995).

Table of Contents

Rationale: The Underlying Issues
The Rationale Behind This Study by Randall Baker
The European Union and the United States: Two Systems Compared
European and American Political Decision-Making by Willem G. van Hasselt
The European Union: Evolution, Nature and Trends by B.J.S. Hoetjes
The Role of International Law
International Environmental Law: A Stocktaking by Menno T. Kamminga
Why Do States Take on International Environmental Law Obligations: A Comparison of the United States and The Netherlands by Mary Ellen O'Connell
Transparency and Locus Standi: Instrumental or Intrinsic Values in European (Environmental) Law? by Ellen Hey
Environmental Law and Policy
The Evolution, Operation, and Future of Environmental Management in the European Union by Ernst R. Klatte
The Evolution, Operation, and Future of Environmental Policy in the United States by Paul Weiland, Lynton K. Caldwell, and Rosemary O'Leary
Case Studies: Air and Water Quality Management
Air Pollution Policy in the European Union by Kenneth Hanf
Air Pollution Control in the United States by A. James Barnes
Water Quality Management
The European Approach to Water Pollution Control by Carel H.V. de Villeneuve
The United States Approach to Water Pollution Control by Ralph R. Bauer
The Uneven Geography of Managing Urban Storm Water: A Comparison of Two State Programs by Greg Lindsey
Water Pollution Control in an EU Member State: The Netherlands by Vincent W. J. van den Bergen
Transnational Dimensions to Water Management: The Great Lakes by Lynton Keith Caldwell
Waste Management
The EU Regulation of Waste: Free Circulation or Self-Sufficiency? by Ida J. Koppen
Managing the River Rhine and Its Basin by Hans Wessel
Regulation of Solid and Hazardous Waste in the United States by J.B. Ruhl
Index

Editorial Reviews

Developed from a summer program taught in Rotterdam and designed to alleviate the lack of a comparison of environmental law and policy between the two most economically developed areas on the planet. Specialists from both sides of the sea consider how the governments are dealing or not dealing with the by-products of prosperity, regional variations in wealth, resource use and preservation, compliance, and other matters. They also consider the role of international law and present case studies on air and water quality and waste management. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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