The transformaiton of Japan's environmental policy

In the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was known as the leading innovator in environmental policy. Other OECD countries found much to emulate. Two decades later, Japan appears to have lost its innovative edge to other OECD countries. Why has Japan fallen from its position as the global leader? How should Jap...

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Main Author: Takao, Yasuo
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7026
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description In the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was known as the leading innovator in environmental policy. Other OECD countries found much to emulate. Two decades later, Japan appears to have lost its innovative edge to other OECD countries. Why has Japan fallen from its position as the global leader? How should Japan regain its reputation? Possible causes of the rise and fall of Japanese environmental policy are examined by exploring its domestic policy subsystem, the international arena and the arena where domestic and foreign issues converge, the emerging space in which sub-national authorities have become increasingly recognised as direct contributors to global environmental strategies. Each of three approaches – the domestic/foreign divide, interaction and convergence – offers a partial answer to these questions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-70262017-09-13T15:53:53Z The transformaiton of Japan's environmental policy Takao, Yasuo industrial pollution environmental politics Japan climate change In the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was known as the leading innovator in environmental policy. Other OECD countries found much to emulate. Two decades later, Japan appears to have lost its innovative edge to other OECD countries. Why has Japan fallen from its position as the global leader? How should Japan regain its reputation? Possible causes of the rise and fall of Japanese environmental policy are examined by exploring its domestic policy subsystem, the international arena and the arena where domestic and foreign issues converge, the emerging space in which sub-national authorities have become increasingly recognised as direct contributors to global environmental strategies. Each of three approaches – the domestic/foreign divide, interaction and convergence – offers a partial answer to these questions. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7026 10.1080/09644016.2012.686224 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group fulltext
spellingShingle industrial pollution
environmental politics
Japan
climate change
Takao, Yasuo
The transformaiton of Japan's environmental policy
title The transformaiton of Japan's environmental policy
title_full The transformaiton of Japan's environmental policy
title_fullStr The transformaiton of Japan's environmental policy
title_full_unstemmed The transformaiton of Japan's environmental policy
title_short The transformaiton of Japan's environmental policy
title_sort transformaiton of japan's environmental policy
topic industrial pollution
environmental politics
Japan
climate change
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7026