Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 State of the art – conceptualising environmental policy convergence
- 3 Theoretical framework: causal factors and convergence expectations
- 4 Research design, variables and data
- 5 Degree and direction of environmental policy convergence: analysis of aggregate data
- 6 The pair approach: what causes convergence of environmental policies?
- 7 The gap approach: what affects the direction of environmental policy convergence?
- 8 Conclusion
- Annex
- References
- Index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 State of the art – conceptualising environmental policy convergence
- 3 Theoretical framework: causal factors and convergence expectations
- 4 Research design, variables and data
- 5 Degree and direction of environmental policy convergence: analysis of aggregate data
- 6 The pair approach: what causes convergence of environmental policies?
- 7 The gap approach: what affects the direction of environmental policy convergence?
- 8 Conclusion
- Annex
- References
- Index
- References
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