Leaders and Laggards: Next‐Generation Environmental Regulation

Management of Environmental Quality

ISSN: 1477-7835

Article publication date: 1 March 2003

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Gunningham, N. and Sinclair, D. (2003), "Leaders and Laggards: Next‐Generation Environmental Regulation", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 160-161. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2003.14.1.160.4

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited


Consensus is growing internationally that traditional command‐and‐control approaches to environmental regulation have borne much of their low‐hanging fruit. Yet it is far from clear what should complement or replace them. Regulatory agencies and policy‐makers are struggling with a lack of information about regulatory reform, about what works and what doesn't, and about how best to harness the resources of both government and non‐government stakeholders. Progress is being impeded unnecessarily by a lack of shared knowledge of how similar agencies elsewhere are meeting similar challenges and by a lack of data on the success or otherwise of existing initiatives.

Focusing primarily on the differing requirements for both corporations and small and medium‐sized enterprises in North America and Europe, the book aims to complement existing initiatives and to expand knowledge of regulatory reform by showing how existing experience can best be put to practical use “on the ground” by drawing lessons from experiments in innovative regulation internationally, by reporting and extrapolating on original case studies, and by advancing understanding on which instruments and strategies are likely to be of most value and why. The authors argue that the development of theory has outstripped its application. In essence, Leaders and Laggards aims to ground myriad theories on the reinvention of environmental regulation into practice.

The book will be essential reading for environmental policy makers, regulatory and other government officials responsible for policy design and implementation, academics and postgraduate students in environmental management, environmental law and environmental policy, and a more general readership within environmental policy and management studies. It will also be of interest to those in industry, such as environmental managers and corporate strategists, who are considering the use of more innovative environmental and regulatory strategies, and to environmental NGOs.

To place an order for this title or to view Chapter 1, “Introduction”, online, please visit the Greenleaf Web site at: www.greenleaf‐publishing.com/catalogue/leadlag.htm You can also request a review copy or inspection copy – see the home page: www.greenleaf‐publishing.com

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