National styles of regulation: child care in three countries

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Child care regulations differ from country to country, as revealed by studies conducted in Germany, Sweden and the United States. Such differences can be analyzed using a social constructionist technique which emphasizes the variable problem definitions. Regulatory solutions also need to be studied to comprehend the full import of the regulatory differences. The system of regulation was first disaggregated and the countries ranked according to their regulatory solution. The differences in the child care regulations between the three countries studied have been attributed to cultural, political and institutional factors.

Child care

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Environmental regulation and business 'self-regulation.'

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Incentive schemes are being proposed to encourage businesses to achieve environmentally sustainable economic performance through self-regulation. However, such incentives are not enough to improve the environmental stewardship of relatively unorganized or politically powerful sectors such as households, motor vehicle drivers and agriculture. What is needed is a concrete form of collective self-regulation of the social and environmental impacts of international trade and investment supported by environmental and social advocacy constituencies as well as governments.

Business enterprises, Environmental policy, Industry self-regulation, Industry self regulation, Environmental engineering, Incentives (Business)

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Personal reflections on an unfinished journey through global environmental problems of long timescale

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International solutions to environmental problems whose timescales range from centuries to millennia in which solutions or partial solutions are evident only in a number of decades or centuries are very difficult. This is due to the tendency of people to let someone else bear the burden when there is no external coercion, incentives or loyalties. This can be demonstrated in the subseabed radioactive disposal project and the global climate change project.

Usage, Environmental protection, Ocean bottom, Radioactive waste disposal in the ocean, Marine radioactive waste disposal

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