Some six years after preparing the book's first edition, publisher Edward Elgar - given the book's success and the topic's continued salience -invited us to prepare a second edition. Since we felt that many of the initial chapters were rich and still relevant, we accepted the in vita tio n, with Paul van Seters reinforcing the editorial team. However, we did not want to provide a mere update. Instead, we selected those contribution whose approach and substance are still topical and invited the a uthors to keep abreast of recent developments, both in the academic literature and in the'real world'. Most authors took this invitation to heart and went for a rigorous revision. Consequently, many of the initial chapters have substantially changed. In addition, we selected authors for new contributions to cover topics that bad not received enough attention in the first edition or whose importance had grown in the meantime to such an extent that their coverage was warranted. We are happy that many new authors accepted the invitation, leading to six novel, insightful contributions. It took some eighteen months to compile this set of substantially revised chapters and new contributions, the result of which is an edition that still covers the interface of globalisation and national environmental policy but which differs markedly from the original edition.
The genesis of this book lies in a protracted discussion of the policy challenges that national governments encounter when they are being exposed to more global spheres of influence. We felt that the institutional and social settings in which governments develop national policies have changed dramatically, especially over the last decade. Whereas the 'visible hand' used to have a firm grip on its subjects, the government is now itself subjected to a host of international and supranational regulations, the economic power of large business organisations, and public opinion, which is fed by increasingly assertive citizens.
We suspected that these important changes might call for a reconsideration of existing policies: instruments that used to be effective may no longer be tailored to the prevailing circumstances. While the policy challenge,therefore, is huge, we felt that insights into this topic were highly scattered and that adequate policy responses were not readily available.The lack of sufficiently detailed and comprehensive information that is needed to develop adequa te na tional policies in a globalised a rena spurred us to explore the topic in greater depth. We decided to focus on environmental policy for practical reasons, since covering all a reas would weaken our effort and we were best acqua inted with this field, and because many environmental issues have a regional or global dimension. Our efforts ma terialised in a joint venture between Globus, the Institute for Globa lisation and Sustaina ble Development at Tilburg University, and the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment,culminating in an international conference in Yeldhoven, the Netherlands,in 2003, for which we invited renowned experts to prepare a series of written contributions, which went through several rounds of revision and editing.
The aim of the book is to provide the reader with a wide-ranging and in-depth understa nding of key aspects of na tional environmental policyma king in a globalised setting. The book seek to cross disciplinary boundaries and to bridge theory and practice. The targeted a udience is diverse,ranging from newcomers to the field seeking to obtain a comprehensive overview to seasoned experts wishing to acquire specific insights or to broaden their views. The book a ims to be relevant to diverging constituencies:academics with an interest in internationalisation, public administration,public-private interactions, or environmental issues; governmental policy-makers involved in environmental and/or social issues; policymakers in supranational organisations; corporate managers, corporate environmental support staff, and liaison officers of business associations;and policy-makers in non-governmental organisations.
The present book is the resul t of collective action. We are grateful that the a uthors were (again) prepa red to share their rich expert insights.Furthermore, while we relied on numerous assistants for the first edition,the editorial assistance of the second edition was fully in the capable hands of Dr Gabi Helfert, whose dedication, thoughtfulness, and ' hands-on'approach were invaluable for bringing this Herculean work to a good end. Finally, we are indebted to Alex Petti fer of Edward Elgar for inviting us to prepa re a second edition and for offering high-qua lity support. We sincerely thank all of these persons for their important roles in shaping and improving the present volume. We wish the reader a pleasant and instructive journey throughout this book.

PART I: OVERVIEW

l.Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: Update and Overview 3

2.Environmenta l Policy Stringency and Foreign Direct Investment 34

3.Collaboration of National Governments and Global Corporations in Environmental Management 57

4.Globalisation, Sustainable Development, and Environmental Policies in Developing Countries 89

PART II: NATIONAL POLICIES IN A GLOBALISED WORLD

5.Globalisation and National Incentives for Protecting Environmental Goods: Types of Goods, Trade Effects, and International Collective Action Problems 127

6.National Environmental Policies and Multilateral Trade Rules 167

7.Towards an Effective Eco-lnnovation Policy in a Globalised Setting 211

8.Standards and the Internationalisation of Environmental Practices and Policies 241

9.Globa lisation and Crop-Protection Policy 272

10.Overcoming Limitations of National Governments to Mitigate Global Environmental Distortions 295

PART III: NATIONAL INFLUENCE IN SUPRANATIONAL FORUMS

11.Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States 321

12.The Dispersion of Authority in the European Union and its Impact on Environmental Legislation 362

13.Different Countries, Different Strategies: 'Green' Member States Influencing EU Climate Policy 387

14.Mutual Recognition in the Testing of Chemica ls through the OECD 415

15.Strategies to Prevent Illegal Logging 439

16.Financing Global Public Goods: Responding to Global Environmental Challenges 467

17.Globalisation and Environmental Policy Design 490

18.Governments and Policy Networks: Chances, Risks, and a Missing Strategy 510

19.Globalisation and Environmental Stewardship: A Global Governance Perspective 549

PART lV: PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERACTIONS

20.Partnerships for Sustainable Development in a Globalised World: A Reflection on Market-Oriented and Policy-Oriented Partnerships 581

21.Overcoming the Limitations of Environmental Law in a Globalised World 616

22.Business Drivers of Sustainable Development: The Role and Influence of the WBCSD, a Global Business Network 641

23.The Influence of Non-Governmental Environmental Organisations on EU Policies 663

24.The Role of Citizen-Consumers in Globalising Environmental Politics 684

25.Trading with Carbon: A Global Response to a Global Challenge 721

Index 747

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