Democracy at Work: A Comparative Sociology of Environmental Regulation in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States - Couverture rigide

Münch, Richard

 
9780275968403: Democracy at Work: A Comparative Sociology of Environmental Regulation in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0275968405 ISBN 13 : 9780275968403
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Münch and his colleagues examine how democracy works in the practice of political regulation. Based on empirical research on the politics of clean air in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States, they provide a comparative sociological perspective. Thus, they look at social change and social integration rather than issues of governance and administration in terms of effectiveness and democratic legitimation.

The analysis looks at how different forms of democracy given in the four countries achieve more or less in the political regulation of clean air in terms of societal innovation, conflict settlement, and consensus formation. They concentrate on the network of actors involved, their professions included with their concepts of rationality, the institutional rules of policymaking, and the cultural ideas that are invoked in the legitimation of procedures and decisions. While each country has developed a peculiar form of democracy-representative democracy in the UK, etatist-republican democracy in France, consensus and rule of law democracy in Germany, and multilevel pluralist competitive democracy in the US-they conclude that challenges of the established regulatory style and political order are pushing each country towards a more open democracy. Scholars and students in comparative sociology and political science as well as environmentalists will find the study of particular interest.

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À propos de l'auteur

RICHARD MÜNCH is Professor of Sociology at Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg, Germany. Professor Münch has published extensively on sociological issues. Christian Lahusen, Markus Kurth, Cornelia Borgards, Carsten Stark, and Claudia Jaub were members of Münch's research team in Duesseldorf and Bamberg.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0275968405
ISBN 13 
9780275968403
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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