Overview
The twelve chapters in this work—written by political scientists, economists, and environmental experts—deal with environmental policy in the developing nations of Africa, Asia, East Europe and Latin America, as well as the worldwide environment. Part One discusses environmental policy analysis and presents information both on sources of pollution—which include manufacturing, agriculture, and transportation—and methods for dealing with pollution, which encompass government structures, incentives, issues of privatization or contracting out, and technological fixes. The other five parts deal with the developing nations individually and discuss environmental policy as it relates to each one and the unique problems that each one faces.Author Biography: Stuart S. Nagel is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Coordinator of Policy Studies Organization.
Synopsis
Nagel (coordinator, Policy Studies Organization) presents twelve chapters that look at the programs in developing nations that may be of some use in curbing pollution, desertification, and other problems. The authors identify problems in countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America; discuss the cause of problems, and offer economic and structural programs and policies that can help mitigate the problems. While the authors consistently point out that sustainable environments will benefit economies in the long run, there is little attention paid to inequalities of power in global economic structures and local political systems that hinder the application of their recommendations.
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