Divergence and Convergence of Automobile Fuel Economy Regulations A
This book reveals the mechanisms underlying the convergence of car fuel economy regulations in Europe, Japan and the US by drawing upon a constructivist theory of International Relations and law that focuses on business competition and environmental regul
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Divergence and Convergence of Automobile Fuel Economy Regulations A Comparative Analysis of EU, Japan and the US
Divergence and Convergence of Automobile Fuel Economy Regulations
Masahiko Iguchi
Divergence and Convergence of Automobile Fuel Economy Regulations A Comparative Analysis of EU, Japan and the US
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Masahiko Iguchi Department of International Relations Faculty of Foreign Studies Kyoto Sangyo University Kyoto Japan
ISBN 978-3-319-17499-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-17500-3
ISBN 978-3-319-17500-3
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For my parents, who have been giving me enduring supports
Preface
This book was initially born out of the questions I formulated during my time as a Ph.D. student at Tokyo Institute of Technology throughout 2007–2012. As many scholars started to engage in the role of business actors in global environmental governance, discussions associating with the ‘private environmental governance’ became popular research foci. These discussions look at business efforts to ‘green’ themselves, and many address ‘beyond the state’ activities of business involvement in international environmental politics, i.e. how business communities establish codes of conduct or certification schemes to promote environmentally friendly products. Then I began to wonder why business sometimes chose to support stringent environmental regulation at home country and attempt to internationalize such regulatory standards, over international business networks to coordinate their efforts to green themselves? What is such business, and would it also happen in climate change issue? Which other non-state actors are crucial to promote such business supports for stringent
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