This book focuses on the spread of public and private environmental and food safety regulations from Europe and North America to Asia and Africa. It explores the growth of policy diffusion and standard alignment on sustainability observed in non-Western follower countries in a globalizing world.
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The Diffusion of Public and Private Sustainability Regulations
The Responses of Follower Countries
Edited by Etsuyo Michida, John Humphrey and David Vogel
Informal Institutions in Policy Implementation
Comparing Low Carbon Policies in China and Russia
Anna Korppoo, Iselin Stensdal and Marius Korsnes
At a time of global climate crisis, this crucial book examines the prospects for implementing low-carbon policies in the two global superpowers of China and Russia, focusing on the role of informal institutions in achieving reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
The Governance of Climate Relations Between Europe and Asia
Evidence from China and Vietnam as Key Emerging Economies
Edited by Hans Bruyninckx, Qi Ye, Nguyen Quang Thuan and David Belis
The Governance of Climate Relations between Europe and Asia offers a thorough empirical study of the most fundamental dynamics involved in EU climate relations with China and Vietnam in the context of global climate governance.