The US, Switzerland and Canada are wealthy democracies that should
be conducive to effective decentralized or cooperative
environmental policy-making. However, a closer examination of their
environmental policy over many decades finds no evidence that these
approaches have worked. So does it matter which level of government
makes policy? Can cooperation between sub-national governments
protect the environment? Building on comparative case studies on
air and water pollution and making use of extensive historical
material, Inger Weibust questions how governance structure affects
environmental policy performance in the US, Switzerland, Canada and
the European Union. The research breaks new ground by studying
formal and informal environmental cooperation. It analyzes whether
federal systems with more centralized policy-making produce
stricter environmental policies and debates whether devolution and
the establishment of subsidiaries will lead to less environmental
protection. An essential insight into the complexities of
policy-making and governance structures, this book is an important
contribution to the growing debates surrounding comparative
federalism and multi-level governance.
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