Government and the Environment: the Role of the Modern State in the Face of Global Challenges
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Main Author: Castellucci, Laura (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2014
Series:Routledge explorations in environmental economics
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Item Description:Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; 1 On the disappearance of the culture of the state from economics and the decline of the political-economic culture of the West; 2 The failures of collective action: a formal game-theoretic revisitation of the Olson theory; 3 Internalizing environmental externalities: from deterministic to stochastic social damage; 4 Environmental protection and the Green Paradox: state of the art and open issues
5 Environmental policy-making in real life: illegal waste disposal in the presence of organized crime6 Water conservation and management: common sense for a common resource?; 7 Technological lock-in and the shaping of environmental policy; 8 Common land resources and forests: the role of (multi-level) governance; Index
In the today's global ""commercial society"" an inquiry into the economic role of government is gaining momentum. Many crucial goods for the wellbeing of a society are not ""commercial"", national security and clean air are great examples. This means that the economic role of government is not limited to cure the so called ""market failures"" but it has to provide for non-commercial goods. Unfortunately in the last few decades the decline of the political-economic culture of western post-industrial societies has left scope for people to blindly believe in a free, deregulated market
Physical Description:187 pages
ISBN:9781136210853
1136210857

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