Primacy Implementation of Environmental Policy in the U.S. States
- Topics:
- Business Ethics
- Tags:
- Environmental Regulation,
- Government,
- Leadership,
- Management,
- Policy,
- Regulations,
- Strategy,
- University Of South Carolina
- Source:
- University of South Carolina
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Overview: Environmental regulation is frequently implemented through a system that allows states to choose whether to assume primary authority, or ''Primacy,'' for implementation and enforcement. This study looks at what causes states to assume this authority in two important areas of environmental policy: air and water pollution. It finds that in each policy area, primacy assumption is unrelated to the ''Greenness'' of state environmental policy generally and negatively related to indicators of policy innovation within that area. Rather than being driven by commitment to the environment, primacy assumption appears to be driven predominately by other factors, which differ substantially across the air and water policy arenas..
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Format: PDF | Size: 100KB | Date: Dec 2005 | Pages: 18
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