Weidner, H., Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung, Berlin, Germany; Jänicke, M., Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (Eds.): Capacity Building in National Environmental Policy. A Comparative Study of 17 Countries. 2002. XII, 448 pp. 26 tabs. Hardcover

CONTENTS

Preface ...... .............. V

List of Contributors .................. ............. XI

The Political System’s Capacity for Environmental Policy: The Framework
for Comparison
Martin Jänicke ...... ............... 1

Environmental Capacity Building in Australia
Elim Papadakis . ............. 19

Austria: An “Eco-land”?
Christof Amann and Marina Fischer-Kowalski ... ............. 45

Brazil
Kathryn Hochstetler ............. 69

Environmental Protection Capacity in Post-Communist Bulgaria
Susan Baker ........ ............. 97

Canada
Robert C. Paehlke ..... ........... 123

National Environmental Policies: Costa Rica
Eduardo Silva ......... ........... 147

The Czech Republic
Adam Fagin ........ ........... 177

Environmental Capacity Building in France
Corinne Larrue ...... ........... 201

Hungary
Joanne Caddy and Anna Vári . ........... 219

Environmental Capacity-Building: India’s Democratic Politics and
Environmental Management
Arun Agrawal and Noriko Yokozuka ... ........... 239

Italy
Bruno Dente and Rodolfo Lewanski ... ........... 261

Morocco
Marie Fauconnet and Peter Knoepfel ... ........... 287

Environmental Capacity in Mexico: An Assessment
Stephen P. Mumme and Donna Lybecker ... ........... 311

New Zealand
Ton Bührs . ........... 329

Environmental Policy in Poland
Magnus Andersson . ........... 347

Taiwan
Ching-Ping Tang and Shui-Yan Tang ......... ........... 375

Environmental Capacity Building in Vietnam
Le Thac Can .......... ........... 393

Summary: Environmental Capacity Building in a Converging World
Helmut Weidner and Martin Jänicke ...... ........... 409

Acronyms . ........... 445

Appendix: Country Studies and Authors Included in Volume 1.... ........... 447