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Palgrave Environmental Technology Development In Liberal And Coordinated Market Economies Tweaking Institutions 2006 Edition by S. Wong
This book explores the role of institutions in policy-making and the states role in promotion of technology focusing on environmental technology development. Case studies include wind power diffusion in the UK and Germany waste recycling in a variety of countries and green automobile technology in the US and Japan. Table of contents : Traditional Institutions Are Ineffective in an Exceptional Policy Sector Tweaking Institutions in The Shadow of the State Different Traits Design Comparisons Varieties of Regulatory State: Wind Power Diffusion in the UK and Germany Varieties of State-Societal Structure: Packaging Waste Recycling Development in the US the UK Australia Germany Sweden and Switzerland Varieties of State-Societal Relationship: Environmentally Friendly Auto Technology Advancement in the US and Japan Conclusions