Complex causation in cross-national environmental policy convergence
Publication year
2014Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9781107037823
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Jörgens, H.; Lenschow, A.; Liefferink, J.D. (ed.), Understanding environmental policy convergence. The power of words, rules and money, pp. 265-295Publication type
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Editor(s)
Jörgens, H.
Lenschow, A.
Liefferink, J.D.
Organization
Milieu maatschappijwetenschappen
Languages used
English (eng)
Book title
Jörgens, H.; Lenschow, A.; Liefferink, J.D. (ed.), Understanding environmental policy convergence. The power of words, rules and money
Page start
p. 265
Page end
p. 295
Subject
Shaping and Changing of Places and SpacesAbstract
In this concluding chapter we summarise the main findings of the six empirical chapters in the light of the research questions formulated in Chapter 1. The role of the different mechanisms of environmental policy convergence will be analysed both individually and with regard to the various ways in which they interact. This also extends to the submechanisms of transnational communication (lesson drawing, transnational problem-solving, emulation, and international policy promotion) which, it is argued, tend to appear in typical sequences. Moreover, the interaction of these mechanisms with domestic problem pressure and the particular ways in which problems and solutions are framed domestically are found to play an important role in explaining domestic policy change and cross-national convergence.
Harmonisation: specific and broader impacts
Among the seven policies analysed in this volume, only two have been subject to international harmonisation: for the cases of noise from lorries and lead in petrol, binding international legislation setting obligatory product standards existed for at least some of the countries and for at least part of the period under investigation. While international harmonisation is by no means restricted to product standards (production process standards or non-trade-related policies are also frequently harmonised in order to avoid the distortion of international competition; for examples see Chapter 2), this focus is not entirely a coincidence. As the existence of different national product standards may cause direct barriers to international trade, such divergent product regulation presents a particularly strong motive for international harmonisation.
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