DEVOLUTION AND INNOVATION: THE ADOPTION OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATIONS BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES.

SAPAT, ALKA.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW, n.º 2/2004, pág. 141 a 148

1. ENVIRONMENTAL POICY INNOVATIONS. A) ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATIONS IN HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATION. 2. DETERMINANTS OF STATE ADOPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATIONS. A) PROBLEM SEVERITY OR NEED. B) INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS-COMMITMENT AND CAPACITY. C) INTEREST GROUPS. D) STATE POLITICAL CLIMATE: PUBLIC OPINION LIBERALISM. 3. METHODOLOGY. 4. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. 5. CONCLUSION AND POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS.