Environmental Technology Development in Liberal and Coordinated Market Economies: Tweaking Institutions

By Shiu-Fai Wong

Book Overview

This book explores the role of institutions in policy-making and the states, role in promotion of technology, focusing on, environmental technology development. Case studies include wind power diffusion in the UK and Germany, waste recycling in a variety of countries, and green automobile technology in the US and Japan.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349537101
• ISBN13: 9781349537105
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"