Dear All, Please excuse my self-promotion, but you or your students may be interested in the following book from SUNY Press: http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61744
Comparative Environmental Regulation in the United States and Russia:Institutions, Flexible Instruments, and Governance Summary Explores how policy actors in the United States and Russia have developed flexible incentive-based instruments for environmental protection.As environmental problems continue to pose a threat to the well-being of people all over the world, achieving pollution control through innovative methods and at a lower cost becomes very attractive. However, cost-effectiveness and technical rationality are often at odds with political goals and policy traditions. Lada V. Kochtcheeva analyzes the introduction of flexible laws and regulations in both air and water quality policies in the United States and the Russian Federation from the 1960s to the present, highlighting the replacement of command and control systems with flexible instruments such as incentive programs, tradable permits, and pollution charges. With its rich comparative institutional analysis, this book contributes to the debate on institutional dynamism, policy innovation, and new modes of regulation, while simultaneously addressing the processes and attributes of good governance.I hope your week is off to a good start! Best, Lada Lada V. Kochtcheeva Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Political Science School of Public and International Affairs North Carolina State University _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009
