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Public policy in the age of globalization :

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1349433063

(Number (ISBN

1403914311

(Number (ISBN

9781349433063

(Number (ISBN

9781403914316

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b537747

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Public policy in the age of globalization :

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[Book]

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responses to environmental and economic crises

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Helge Hveem and Kristen Nordhaug.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2002

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(xiv, 251 pages)

Series Title

International political economy series.

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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Notes on the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction: National Institutions and the Politics of Adjustment to Globalization; 2 Shooting for Reform. The Interplay of External and Domestic Constraints in Argentina; 3 The Limits to Liberalization: Adjustment, the Environment and Political Reaction in Costa Rica; 4 Weaving through Paradoxes: Democratization, Globalization and Environment Politics in South Korea; 5 Industry Interests, Institutional Inertia and Activism. Late Liberalization and the Environment in India. 6 Reforms as a Domestic and International Process. Liberalization and Industry in the Ivory Coast7 Sunset or Sunrise? Regime Change and Institutional Adjustment in South Africa ... a Critical Analysis; 8 Summary and Conclusions: Adjusting Trade Liberalization and Environmental Protection Demands in an Era of Globalization; References; Index.

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It offers lively accounts of the behaviour of political actors, interest groups and the civil society, in particular environmentalists. It shows how ideas such as those of neoliberal economics affect policymaking, in particular during or after crisis, but also how social protest and demands for sustainable development are mobilized.

Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Case studies.

Environmental policy -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies.

Globalization -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies.

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edited by Helge Hveem and Kristen Nordhaug.

Helge Hveem

Kristen Nordhaug

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[Book]

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