Environmental Technology Development in Liberal and Coordinated Market Economies: Tweaking Institutions

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Charts and Tables......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 12
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 18
About the Author......Page 20
1 Traditional Institutions are Ineffective in an Exceptional Policy Sector......Page 22
2.1 Introduction......Page 40
2.2 The Role of Institutions in Regulation......Page 45
2.3 The Impact of State-Societal Structures......Page 48
2.4 The Effect of State-Societal Relationships......Page 52
2.5 Institutions for Environmental-Technology Development......Page 57
3.2 The Adoption of Comparative Case Studies......Page 70
3.3 Sampling Techniques and their Restrictions......Page 75
4.1 Introduction......Page 84
4.2 The Dilemma of Market Forces and State Involvement......Page 87
4.3 Wind Power Case Study Method......Page 93
4.4 Wind Power Policy in the United Kingdom......Page 95
4.5 Wind Power Policy in Germany......Page 104
4.6 Conclusions......Page 109
5.1 Introduction......Page 114
5.2 Comparative Figures and Methodology......Page 116
5.3 The United States......Page 121
5.4 The United Kingdom......Page 124
5.5 Australia......Page 126
5.6 Germany......Page 128
5.7 Sweden......Page 132
5.8 Switzerland......Page 134
5.9 Conclusions......Page 137
6.1 Introduction......Page 144
6.2 The Impact of Institutional Structures on the Quality of Public-Private Partnerships......Page 147
6.3 Comparative Case Studies between the United States and Japan......Page 150
6.4 The Evolution and Demise of PNGV......Page 153
6.5 Evolution and Achievement of the Japanese Environmentally Friendly Auto Technology Development......Page 158
6.6 An Institutional Comparison between the United States and Japan......Page 161
6.7 Conclusions......Page 176
7 Conclusions......Page 180
Appendices: Definition of Terms......Page 204
Notes......Page 214
Bibliography......Page 226
D......Page 244
I......Page 245
P......Page 246
U......Page 247
W......Page 249