TY  - JOUR
A1  - Duit, Andreas
A1  - Lim, Sijeong
A1  - Sommerer, Thomas
T1  - The state and the environment
BT  - environmental policy and performance in 37 countries 1970–2010
JF  - Politics & policy
N2  - The limitations and possibilities of the state in solving societal problems are perennial issues in the political and policy sciences and increasingly so in studies of environmental politics. With the aim of better understanding the role of the state in addressing environmental degradation through policy making, this article investigates the nexus between the environmental policy outputs and the environmental performance. Drawing on three theoretical perspectives on the state and market nexus in the environmental dilemma, we identify five distinct pathways. We then examine the extent to which these pathways are manifested in the real world. Our empirical investigation covers up to 37 countries for the period 1970–2010. While we see no global pattern of linkages between policy outputs and performance, our exploratory analysis finds evidence of policy effects, which suggest that the state can, under certain circumstances, improve the environment through policy making.
KW  - comparative environmental politics
KW  - ecological modernization
KW  - environmental degradation
KW  - environmental policy effects
KW  - environmental policy performance
KW  - national ecological footprint
KW  - policy output
KW  - regulation
KW  - state
KW  - treadmill of production
KW  - política ambiental comparada
KW  - modernización ecológica
KW  - huella ecológica
KW  - regulación estatal
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12561
SN  - 1555-5623
SN  - 1747-1346
VL  - 51
IS  - 6
SP  - 1046
EP  - 1068
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken, NJ
ER  -