Effective Environmental Strategies for Small Countries in an Interconnected Global Setting

This chapter describes how the small country of the Netherlands has traditionally played a prominent role in (international) environmental policy. However, globalization and the higher assertiveness and demands of citizens have eroded this leading role. National initiatives lose meaning in a world where citizens are more individualized, increasingly vote with their feet and support good causes through non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Three schools in public administration shed a political light on environmental policy: the conservative school highlights the reinforcement of inherent and institutional trust, communitarians stress community trust, and liberals focus on personalized trust. The practice of environmental policy shows evidence of all three: legislation (as advocated by the conservatives), voluntary sectoral agreements (as advocated by the communitarians), and corporate social responsibility (as promoted by the liberals). In this context, the Netherlands has excellent assets to fulfill a future trigger rule in the international arena. Using its strong home base of multinational companies and NGOs, the Netherlands can create a stimulating environment in which partnerships and civil-society initiatives prosper and spill over to other countries.

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  Edward Elgar Publishers

  William Pratt House, 9 Dewey Court
  Northampton, MA  United States  01060-3815
• Authors:
  • Winsemius, Pieter
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 707-726
• Monograph Title: A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy. National Government Interventions in a Global Area

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Environmental policy; Environmental protection; Globalization; International; Political factors; Strategic planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Interconnectivity; Nongovernment organizations
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Policy; Public Transportation; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01031928
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1884376 913 1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 2006 7:49AM